The bear ran through the fire, followed by the Thunderdell giants. One of the bear’s eyes was gleaming with a bright white star of light, and this starlight seemed to be able to see which of the flames were real and which were illusions.
Wish’s heart was beating so hard she thought it might jump right out of her chest. What are we doing, trusting this bear that we’ve only just met, and where is she taking us? But somehow she knew she could trust this bear, that this was a bear who was on her side, and she held on to the bear’s long shaggy fur with all her might, and although the brown fur might be gleaming just a little spookily with a blue supernatural light, there was a solidity and power in the bear’s body beneath her that was comfortingly real as she powered through the forest.