I watched as Ian left me there, running off like someone was after him, without telling me a goodbye. I had no idea what was going on! I looked back at the man, and he was still looking at where Ian had gone. His expression was hard and borderline scary.
I couldn’t stand here. It was risky, even for me. I walked as fast I could, with my head bent low on the ground. I couldn’t let this man have the slightest idea that I was not human. He would be on my tail before I could blink.
Halfway through, I felt the brush of his arm on my shoulders, and I almost shivered in repulsion at it.
“It will do you well to start away from that boy. Things may not be as they seem,” he said lowly.
I gasped. I turned to ask him what he meant by that, but he had vanished like he hadn’t been standing right the
