The Hunt (6)

As soon as Lukas uttered those words, he immediately dragged me away from that place at lightning speed. I was shocked, of course. First of all, I don't know who this 'them' he was talking about, and next– we're fleeing? Are the monsters coming? Is it something else?

I got my answers as soon as I asked them in my head. We haven't gotten that far when Lukas stopped and put me down on the ground but still stuck close to me, his body tensing. And then people wearing dark capes appeared around us.

The conquisitors! They are back again…

"Pesky bugs," Lukas scoffed at them. "I see that you still haven't learned your lessons back then."