Lucian and Daniel looked up at the Red Queen with the same expression of someone who had just processed something their brain would rather not have seen. The massive figure of glowing veins and black worms filled the cavern with its mere presence, making the burning ceiling feel lower and the available space considerably smaller than it had been a minute ago.
"What the hell is that?" Daniel asked without taking his eyes off the creature, in the exact tone of someone who knows the answer won't be comforting but needs to hear it anyway.
"That thing is our prey! Now focus and do what I tell you." Ebony glanced at them over her shoulder with a confidence that didn't allow debate, and both of her companions responded instantly with a unity that wouldn't have been possible weeks ago.
"Got it, boss!"
A brief chuckle between the three, short and without ceremony, and then all three took off running in different directions before the Red Queen could fully lock onto them as targets.
