Just like it came, it left.
The pressure in the air and the tension in their muscles, it all vanished and the Like a colony of ants that suddenly scattered into cracks in the ground, the moment they saw a threat approaching.
Except, their hidden assailants didn't vanish because of fear. Why did they then? Levi and his friends didn't know.
Levi slowly lowered his shoulders. “They’re gone,” he muttered.
“They left?” Kyle asked, as they all turned round in a circular pattern slowly. “Weren’t they just—”
“There were only three,” Violet cut in, still watching the treeline with narrowed eyes. “They kept circling fast, changing position constantly. Their energy signatures overlapped and that made it feel like more.”
They all eased up, dropping their stances and standing properly. The forest
