"I will do this, but not without payment up front."
Isobel smiled as she reached into a pocket on her gown. She removed a vial with red liquid. She tossed it in the air, and Mrs. Ashton fumbled to catch it. When she did, she held it in her hand as if it were the most precious of gems. "Consider it a present. It will not return all of your powers, but it will strengthen what you have lost."
Mrs. Ashton pulled out the cork and drank the contents in one draught. Isobel shook her head. Humans were such fools. She saw Mrs. Ashton out after that. When the door was closed, she walked through the house before she slid out the back door to the garden, which backed up to the forest. Something shifted in the undergrowth.
"Come, my pet." She beckoned to the creature in the woods.
The bushes rustled, and then a creature more wolf than man ambled out. He had the head of a wolf with long arms that dragged in front of him. He stood up on haunches covered in thick coarse fur. She reached out to stroke his muzzle. He leaned into her touch. His mouth was streaked with blood from his meal.
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