It did not take long for me to find my mother; she was laying in her human form sprawled out naked by the stream. I immediately howled in distress and shifted back to my human form. Not caring that I was now naked and sensed that he had followed me.

I rushed to my poor mother and started to cry because I was scared.

What if she died?

She was barely breathing and looked like she had been attacked since she was covered in cuts that looked fresh.

"Isla, please allow ...