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A terrible chill tore through me. I felt a violent shove from the side as Dyrel pushed me off the path and into the mist. The scene immediately disappeared from view.
“Run!” Dyrel bellowed.
“Now, why did you do a stupid thing like that?”
I heard slapping as punches rained down on bare skin.
His skin.
He was taking a beating because of me.
The sounded faded as I flew into the haze.
“Don’t just stand there, idiots! Go get her! I’ll take care of him.”
The shroud shifted as two large figures came hurtling out of it.
I turned and ran, bolting into the thick veil before me. I ran as quickly as my legs could carry me. But these guys were much bigger than me. And much stronger. Once they caught me, it would be over.
I swung left at a sharp angle. I took half a dozen strides and hung an immediate right. I came to the path Dyrel and I had been on until we were accosted. If I kept heading that way, I was sure to find the exit.
I drew to a stop.
That meant Dyrel was directly behind me. And that meant he was still fighting the big guy alone. And when the other two guys lost me, they would turn back.
Then it would be three against one.
I couldn’t let that happen to him. Maybe he could challenge one of these animals but nobody could face all three at once.
“We lost her!” one of the figures said in the dense mist.
“Well, keep looking! We’ll be in serious trouble if we don’t find her!”
With my heart in my throat, I turned toward their voices and jogged toward them. The moment I saw them, I would take off and shake them again.
“There she is!”
They tore after me.
I took another sharp turn—right this time, and then, after half a dozen strides, took a left.
I checked over my shoulder.
One of the figures was right on top of me.
I screamed.
His arm stretched and grabbed me by the scruff of my neck.
“You’re not giving us the slip this time, girlie!”
His hand was cold and harsh and strong. I struggled.
He tightened his grip. The breath wheezed from my throat.
I kicked and punched and flailed like a wild banshee.
Instead of helping Dyrel, I’d hindered him. I’d given the bad guys exactly what they wanted.
