Rivers in your mouth

It wasn’t until the words slipped out of her mouth that she realized exactly how rude it was. At the same time, however, she wondered if the wolf-being even understood what she was saying. Did they speak wolf or something else entirely? But, the displeased look on their face showed her they definitely understood. Normally Ellery wouldn’t care about what others thought of her, and she didn’t, but she didn’t tend to be rude unless someone was rude to her first. That certainly wasn’t the case here, so she felt the need to apologize.

“I apolo-” she began, taking a step forward before the rumbling that had originated behind the huge wolf reached a cacophony. A winged being flew out from the opening in the window to the outside world, then another and another until they were pouring out, shrieking like hell-beings. She could see the man inside fighting against the swarm, being attacked from all sides by the bats and she felt immediate alarm. If there was anything she knew, it was that one could easily be disoriented by that much going on around you.

The woman rushed forward, leaping through the broken window. Her thick fur helped to prevent her body from being cut, but her paws weren’t so lucky. She felt the prick on her paws but now wasn’t the time to worry about herself. A few deep barks rumbled from her chest, startling the frey and causing some to choose an alternative route. Her jaws snapped onto some bats clinging to the wolf’s body, tossing them to the side as they shrieked.

She peeked over her shoulder and behind the man, seeing that the swarm was come from one general direction but were hoarding the opening she’d just come through. “That way, go!” she hollered, using her body to push his in the direction of a hallway to their right.