The Wolf sneered at Izzy, flicking its lupine ears at her impetuously. "It's the best deal you're going to get, human. Neither of you can stop me; I'm just trying to make your lives easier by letting you know not to bother. The fact of the matter is that I'm not going away. The pink-shirt-bastard probably hasn't told you, but I've spent so much time in my master's body that I can't be exorcised. So if you won't let me relieve my master's stress, you'll just have to kill us both. If you even [i]can[/i]." Seeing the despair this gave Izzy, the wolf laughed in its effortlessly cruel voice. "That's all I have to say. Farewell, human. Live in peace." With that strange, likely mocking dismissal, the Wolf seemed to vanish from existence as Izzy could not comprehend the speed at which it departed.

The situation was even worse than Izzy had thought. It was more than likely that Riley knew how badly the situation had progressed, and chose not to tell her. Was he sparing her feelings, or just trying to keep her out of his way? He was so hard to predict, that she had no idea if he actually intended to kill Trevor to defeat the White Wolf, or was holding back to spare him. Or if Riley was even capable of stopping the Wolf at this point. The fact of the matter was that Izzy needed to take action; standing idly by had only let the situation get worse.

The Wolf was only so powerful because it had access to Trevor's mind. And it was only spared Riley's full strength (possibly) because it couldn't be removed from Trevor without killing him. The two needed to be separated if they had any chance of stopping the Wolf and saving Trevor. But how? Was there a tool or power that could harm the supernatural, but spare a mortal life? Furthermore, it would have to be something Trevor didn't know about, or it would be useless. As much as he insisted otherwise, that boy seemed like he knew everything. Izzy needed a secret that had been removed from the world to catch him by surprise.