It was a while before he tentatively took my hand. "I couldn't then, and neither could your parents ......."
My heart skipped a beat, and almost subconsciously I tightened my grip on the hand Edmund had put up. "Then my parents, do they know ......"
Edmund shook his head. "I've warned them before, tried more than once, and used many methods. Yet they couldn't even realize they were in danger. On that one patrol, I spotted the trail of the Bloodthirsty. At that time almost everyone thought it was just some random scribbled mess, only I saw it after! I instantly realized the problem. This is the mark left by that group of the Bloodthirsty, and around this mark..."
When Edmund said this, he suddenly came to a sudden stop. He looked at me, hesitating to speak. I guessed something and said q
