Wren
Ch. 32
They arrived at the riverside shortly after. Rich had rushed to try to get Wren’s attention. And hopefully to also give him a lead on them. Across about nine hundred feet of water was Beau Isle. Luckily for him, there was a boat moored on the near side of the river.
“You can go now.”
“What? Weren’t you going to save me?”
“You are saved. The blackmailer will be after me now. I just needed to get their attention.”
“Can’t I come with you?”
“There’s room in the boat for two, but you don’t want to come with me. If you get in this boat you’re not coming back. You’re not a thinking thing anyway.”
“What? What are you even talking about, I’m a person!”
“No, you’re a shape changer. You just know how to react like a person would. But I’m asking you to react like an animal, to recognize the danger and run very fast in the other direction. Actually, Wren is probably not far behind if you go the way we came. I’d recommend going east. Red’s island is that way, you should be safe there from what’s about to happen.”
“What is going to happen?”“Oh fuck this. Come if you want, flee if you want, but I’m leaving.” Rich cut through the rope holding the boat inland and started pushing it towards the water. By the time he was faced back towards land, the shape changer had gone, he didn’t see where. Good riddance, I guess. He got in the boat and started rowing towards the island.