Jade Fern Grove The loneliest people are the kindest

Sometimes you do not have to see your enemy to know that you are being stalked. Call it a sixth sense or a simple self-preservation instinct that finally kicked in, but just the moment the white ghost lurched after him, Merlin jolted forwards with his tail tucked tightly over his tender bits. Then he spun around to meet his attacker face to face and was utterly dismayed to see a wee-pup.

"What the damn hell, kid?" Merlin asked. "Didn't your mom teach you how tell ass apart from the face?"