The Hound strode into the room, its errant paws rotting the palace floor with every step, its shifting teeth drooling grotesquely.
Tabet lunged at the entity, attacking it with his great hook and forcing it back into the room. The heroic huachi fought valiantly, no doubt, but even Huachi's greatest warrior could not stop that nightmarish beast.
Kaleb couldn't do anything but fall into despair, because of the great guilt that flooded them at the thought that he had lured that creature to the Huachi Kingdom. He knew what he had to do. He was sure that no matter what, he couldn't allow that beast to hurt Nango. It was him that thing wanted.
So, resigned, he walked boldly back to the room where the beast was.
Kaleb closed the doors of the room to make sure no one else entered. The boy closed his eyes. In his mind was Nango, even now. Always... even, until the...