The trees blurred past us as we ran, well he because I'm just on his back. I try to picture what the palace looked like, but since it is almost impossible, I stop trying, but I don't understand why Cocci has stopped running.
He did say he was not going to stop.
I pat his fur. "Hey, why did you stop?"
He lets out a growl, taking a step back and that's when I see them.
The masked men from before. But this time, they are not wearing masks. Remembering that these ugly men want me, I let out a shudder.
"Oh if it isn't the she-wolf from the night before."
I can hear Cocci's voice in my head. How he did that, I would never know. "Don't answer him, just go and hide behind that tree over there. I would try and fight them off."
I should close my mouth and just hide as he told me to, but where
