THE FIFTH: Chapter Five, Part One

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My arm rested over someone warm, and I smiled, thinking that Envaal had come into my room and crawled in bed with me as he had when we were children.  I opened my eyes, intending to tease him, and instead stifled the scream that threatened.  Stretched out alongside me was the grite.  As I watched, its side rose and fell as it slept.Slowly, I pulled back the covers and slipped from the bed.  The movement woke it, and it turned its large head and...