A blurry, indistinct creature came at her, flowing around trees and over small clefts in the ground. The noise it made was something between a moan and a breath that came scraping out of its lungs. And despite the open sky above, it echoed as if they were deep inside a cave.
Keli's mouth worked soundlessly. Then she gave her head a shake. “No. I'm not wasting time on this.” The creature was still coming but she refused to pay it any mind. “Take us back to the ship.”
“It can sense you,” Adren said. “It wants you.”
“Take us back to the ship!”
The Overseer loomed over Keli from the narrow space between two trees, then bent to bring its face within inches of hers. Like a child inspecting a bug. She could almost see glimpses of two glowing eyes. It shouldn't have frightened her so much; it
