A deep growl sounded from right behind me, or at least what I thought was right behind me. The back of my neck prickled. I turned, not because I expected to see anything, but because I hoped I'd imagined the noise and facing it could somehow prove I hadn't. And just as I felt a shift in the air in front of me as delicate as a flap of wings, there was a sigh of footsteps behind me. A light flicked on, bright and yellow, and shone on the massive creature towering over me. Saelis. ...