We waited, muscles tensed and ready for battle, but the enemy never came.
The dread, though, that didn't leave. At some point the footsteps stopped, the leaves of the forest rustled, and after that I heard nothing anymore. Just silence where something should have been.
Nisha straightened and eased up, then let her Cleavers go. She was about to dismiss her Beast too when I glared at her.
"Wh... what are you doing?"
She smiled a little. "You should know I'm a D rank summoner. I can't afford to use my essence anyhow."
I stared at her, then glanced at the surroundings. The trees stood too still. Not a branch moved.
"But the threat isn't gone..." I turned my gaze to her beast. The creature was still standing guarded, its body low, snarling towards the depth of the forest. Whatever was out there, the beast knew it too.
I gave her a straight face.
