The silver white wolf sat back on her haunches; loath to leave her charge with Brom.
"Don't you have something to do Aiedail?"
The wolf lifted her lip in a warning snarl.
"I'm not going to kill him."
'I don't know that' was the wolf's retort.
Eragon watched them knowing a battle of wills was going on between the dæmon and the man. Finally the wolf stood and relented.
As she walked through the small thicket Aiedail noticed someone following close behind her, she was being hunted!
'Damn!' she cursed as an arrow whizzed by her head.
"What the bloody Hell are you doing?!" a tall slender solider with dark hair growled at his portly companion. "She might the dæmon that Galbatorix wants alive!"
Aiedail almost hesitated at the handsome solider but the red tunic he wore bearing Galbatorix's insignia made his disdainful. The hair on her back and mane stiffened as she lifted her lip in a blood freezing snarl. The portly man stepped forward, his piggish face contorted in rage. She lunged at the fat man her deadly maw open. There was an audible "squelch" as her teeth ripped at the man's throat. The slender solider pulled her from his friend, and flung her over his shoulder. She shifted to her human form pulling a long black bladed sword-"Wolfsbane"- and landed with catlike grace. The solider hesitated upon seeing not a large she wolf but a small tan young woman with amber colored almond shaped eyes snowy hair and wolf's ear atop her head. The man's hesitation was his fatal mistake; the girl whirled around and plunged her blade in his chest.
Just then Brom, Eragon and Saphira came crashing through the trees.
"What was that?" Brom asked her
Aiedail just nodded toward the soldiers, "Complications arose ensued and were overcome."
Brom Just shook his head and followed her.
The half dæmon never ceased to amaze Brom. Every aspect of the girl was a mystery to the old man.
"Aren't you two supposed to be going to Dras-Leona?"
"Aye." Brom said
"Good Luck."
"Aren't you coming?" Eragon asked
"Keh," She growled as she saddled a big black stallion, "Those fools down there don't like half breeds." She spat