I turned slowly, prepared for the worst. Darian was still with me, even though the others had already taken off. Plus, I could use my magic if I needed to. As I turned, I didn’t see anything out of the corner of my eye. I continued until I had done a complete 180. I didn’t see anyone behind me, but when I looked down and saw a small bunny rabbit on the ground.
I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding. It wasn’t a threat, thankfully. If we had run into trouble, I would have been worried about Mark wanting me to go on future scouting parties. I turned back and saw Darian on edge behind me. I nodded to him and then shifted about fifteen feet. It was as far as I had been able to manage until now. I transformed and took off running in my wolf form.
Darian easily caught up to me. He was
