Most of the Inhumans and humans in the forest stopped, heads turning to watch the strange spectacle, alerted by the sharp yelp from Wolfram.
"I'm so sorry, Bleddyn," he turned sharply to face the defiant blonde, his voice caustic. "If you haven't yet realized, I'm slightly on edge, because we're being followed by a group of murderers."
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Taylor froze, still holding Connor, as Bleddyn stood before Wolfram, glaring. Briefly, Taylor feared Wolfram would snap, and injure the girl. But, to her surprise, he didn't.
...because we're being followed by a group of murderers.
Suddenly there was panic in the forest, a flurry of screeching and the pounding of feet and hooves and paws. Leaves scattered as the creatures in the forest fled. Taylor's gaze snapped from Wolfram, to the road behind him. Masked men, dressed in black and armed with guns, lined up behind a small, orange and black creature.
A cat, no bigger then the average housecat, stood at the lead, a single green eye gleaming, the rest of her face scarred and torn. They didn't move though, made no move toward the group or the fleeing people, only stared and waited.
"Wolfram," she rasped. "Don't look now, but they aren't following us anymore."
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Wolfram tensed, but he didn't look away from Bleddyn. He saw the shadows out of the corner of his eye, but still didn't tear his gaze away from Bleddyn's. "No one," he murmured slowly. "No one move."