Bullet dodged...

Mira stopped, glancing over her shoulder to see the girl standing there, with her small frame trembling like a leaf in the wind.

Tears welled up in her eyes as she took a hesitant step forward.

"Please… please, don't leave me alone! I-I'm scared… I shouldn't have told you any of this! I-I just… I felt like I had to say something, but now… now they'll know it was me! They'll have people listening everywhere!"

She hugged her arms around herself, her voice barely able to keep steady as she spoke.

"I'm being watched, I know I am! Everywhere I go, I feel like there are eyes on me… What if they come for me, too? What if they… what if they—"

Mira's heart twisted painfully as she listened to the girl's frantic pleas. She turned around fully, stepping towards the girl, while Alex sighed softly, rubbing his forehead at the trouble that they had suddenly come upon.

"Mira, we can't just—"

"I know, I know."