I Lastly, I'm planning a series of fives stories for Izzy revolving around her exchange of letters with Derry. So, this is the first.)) Isleen took a step back, her dark eyes staring intently at the advancing wolf. Through the icy haze the creature took another painful step, its joints creaking against the chilled stiffness. Its breath caught low in its throat and what was meant as an angry growl came out as only a pained gasp. Isleen smiled with some measure of satisfaction, took another step back, and transferred her weight to her back foot. Then, in a split second, she cast, thrusting her right hand forward. With a sharp crack that echoed across the bank the wolf exploded into flames. The beast reared up, yelped in surprise and then fell sideways into the dirt, its fur singed and smolde