Wheeling Gull Isle but i just can't believe him

He did not know how much time passed before a shadow came and blocked the sun. By this time, his eyes were focusing better, but other senses were still catching up. The shadow said something, though it sounded muffled, and he had a hard time understanding...

He blinked his eyes and turned his head--another trail of fire shot through him. He gasped, blue eyes widening in pain. And as he inadvertently stared into the face of the shadow, a dark creature that looked something like a wolf and something not, he remembered a night on a mountain, lashing rain, the brightest flash of light he'd ever seen, and unimaginable pain.

"Where?" he rasped, his body tightening in pain. What he meant was lost even to himself.