~ALTHEA
An involuntary shiver ran down my spine.
I shot an alarmed stare at Tristan and he looked as clueless as I did. Yet he kept scanning the area for any sign of a strange apparition so that he would obviously attack it.
"What do you think is out there?" I asked in a whisper.
He shook his head slowly. "I don't know. I say we go back into the building as slowly as possible and when I tell you to run, you do without hesitation," he instructed and I noticed that his usual playfulness was gone. He was dead serious.
I swallowed hard as I peered behind me. In my hurry to leave the building, I had given it some distance. It was probably four to five meters away.
So I began to do as I was told. I retreated slowly while keeping my eyes on the dark trees. A twig snapped and something wh
