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Chapter Fifteen: Out of the Darkness

Hannah and Nari came back a while later. “It’s time to go,” Hannah whispered as Nari went to wake Bailey. Atrix was already awake at this point, lazily lying on top of Dagney. As soon as he saw me rise up and begin to stretch he jumped onto Dagney’s head and we all heard a loud CRACK.  Everyone froze and looked towards the mastiff only to see her yawn and in a rather tired voice and say, “Is it time to go already? I feel like I just fell asleep.”      Hannah raised an eyebrow and turned towards me, “That dog can sure take a beating.” Hannah begin to rub her head with a paw as she gazed at Dagney.      I laughed, “Yea, it’s fortunate for her she can too. Her first instinct is always to run straight into a problem. She’s never really stopped to consider anything else.”  Hannah grinned, “We have a few dogs who believe the same thing. I’ll see if any of them are available to join us today. Dagney might be able to learn something from them.” She said with a wink. I gave a warm sm

Chapter Fourteen, The First

     Dagney shot me a questioning look as Atrix ran up my back and whispered in my ear, “I thought Sentinels couldn’t come this far?” I shrugged my shoulders and we heard the same voice call out, “We’re here!”      We filed into a large chamber illuminated by a small sapling in the center of the chamber, an intense but pale blue light emanated from it filling the entire chamber. Stairs were carved into the sides of the chamber leading up the ice and into different rooms and halls. As we came in I saw all sorts of dogs come from these rooms. They stood at the edge of the light so we couldn’t make out how many or who they were, “Wow” Bailey said as her voice echoed.      Harriet carefully stepped towards the sapling and as she grew closer I noticed there the sapling was not planted in dir but it’s roots went into the ice I cocked my head before Harriet began to speak, “We are the dogs of the First Sentinel. Those taken from the Elm before it’s destruction by the hand of the Darkn