Chapter 15

You can’t fly up here?” she asked.

“High. Tiring. Can in a group.”

He shuddered at the thought of the pixie horde returning while Yu was unfazed. Brian bit her lip.

“Are you safe down there for the night?” she asked again.

“Safe,” Yu assured. “Sleep while safe.”

“I guess it means he’s safe there too,” Mabel reasoned. “Yu, make a sound when you’re in trouble. Wake us up.”

“Yes.”

Mabel closed his eyes, listening as Brian and Yu went on talking about their path tomorrow and Yu kept assuring her that he was fine where he was. Her voice was soft, trusting Yu completely. He would have warned her if he didn’t trust the pixie.

Instead, he continued letting her voice wash over him, a soft lull that weaved into his weary body and finally knocked him out. It was a seamless, dreamless sleep until shaking woke him up.

“Up! Wake up! Wake—”

The voice—Yu’s voice—cut off in an instant while the bubble shook. But it wasn’t just the bubble.

The whole forest was shaking.

Brian woke up to a soft shaking o