480 Nocturnal Creatures

GAHRYE

In the end it was harder to get Elia's beast out of the suite than it was to get her out of the house. Once Elia had her moving, she seemed not to want to stop. Gahrye had to rush ahead, while Kalle stayed at her side to keep her on track as she trotted through the house, down the stairs, and across the massive entryway, down the much thinner hallway at the back to the grounds behind the Big House.

Kalle had already made sure all the garden gates were closed. Though it was a still a large two-acre, walled plot, at least they didn't have to worry about her getting loose.

Well, they did if she went to the eastern corner—or if she proved to be able to leap to the top of the ten-foot walls that circled it under the trees. But Gahrye decided he wouldn't borrow trouble.