“I think we’re being followed.”
kieran stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the younger one. the expression on her face was clearly not one that he had seen often, apart from a previous incident that had almost gotten her into deep trouble.
“followed?” he repeated, eyes darting about to inspect the area around them. there was nothing in sight, but he didn’t want to risk it. a girl’s sixth sense was good, and he wasn’t going to challenge that. carefully, he pulled the other closer to him, fearing that the old tricksters who were trying to use her previously were back again.
he walked them down a couple of miles away from their previous location, ensuring that they were no longer in the darkness of the alleyways they had to get through just to get back to safer ground. “are they still near? don’t worry, you’re safe now. i’m always here.”