Tina had also begun her morning by preparing to head toward the Shadow Monster clan.
She had barely finished getting ready when she spotted Tyler in the distance.
He was already on his way there.
For a moment, Tina simply stood where she was, watching him walk farther ahead. She hesitated, wondering if she should call out to him, but the thought quickly disappeared. She wasn't even sure what she would say.
Instead, she followed.
Tina kept a reasonable distance between them, careful not to get too close as she watched the back of his head while he walked ahead of her. Her eyes remained fixed on him, though her mind was occupied with thoughts she couldn't seem to shake.
She was still unsure what had possessed her to join his team in the first place. It had seemed like a reasonable deci
