Lukas and Chaerin froze in their tracks at the sound of the voice. It didn't belong to Theodore and instead it was coming from the faraway trees, so Lukas immediately prepared to summon his dagger.
However, his worry vanished a little when he realized it was Vulpine. Her orange hair swayed slightly as she appeared from one branch and then leaped onto a wooden platform.
Vulpine's purple eyes glanced wildly around the two of them, and her earlier confident appearance vanished in exchange for a distraught one.
"Where's the other one? Weren't there supposed to be three of you?" she asked.
"What's the problem?" Lukas frowned. He exchanged a look with Chaerin and somehow, the words of Theodore earlier seemed to come back to him. The Forest Dwellers wanted something else.
"How are our other companions?" Chaerin asked.
"Well, that's–"
