We ran through the trees, heading to the darkest recess of her mind. Every so often, there was a skittering sound that made their ears twitch. Something was watching us. There was a shadow that lept above us. The noise sounded again and my back crawled. It was almost like a million little legs were crawling over something. It gave me the willies.
Nix’s voice was low as we ran. “Something is hunting us.”
Megan chuffed an agreement, but it was Shanara trembling that had me looking around. Her body remembered the feeling, and it was warning her to turn back.
I ran my fingers down her side. “It’s okay. We are here. We have you.” She nodded, but I could still feel how tense she was. She kept running, but I could feel that she wanted to turn back. She was only going deeper because we were w
