Chapter 24: The man in black

NALANI

"Why are you following me?"

I felt his hand loosen on my back while I was staring at his face with a clenched jaw. I can read in his eyes that he wants to hear my answer, but for a moment he, focused on the arrow he was holding. Shaking like a leaf, I looked behind him where the man holding the bow was earlier and I breathed a sigh of relief that he's not there. I wish he completely left. I looked at Ross who currently quirking his brows at the tip of the arrow. But I dared to ask even though I'm so scared, "W-What was he saying? Y-You heard that, didn't you?"

He was forced to lower his hand holding the bow and look at me. "You shouldn't be here. You need to go back—" He was snapped as if he heard something and before I could ask he quickly wrapped his arm around my waist and lifted me. I yelped as he spun around towards the tree trunk.

My eyes widened at the arrow that pierced into another tree trunk after he took me down as if that was the thing we avoided. He hissed out of f