I took a step toward Quaid, ready to go back to the house and fetch the cache of money, when the ground under my feet began to shake. Galleytrot's howl jerked me to a halt at the same instant. I stared as he began to glow with faint green magic, eyes flaring with red fire. Ethie and Gabriel lurched awake where he'd lain beside them, eyes wide and staring. I rushed toward them, Quaid and my parents on my heels, as the great hound began to ...