Lin Wan's breath hitched, her lungs suddenly feeling too small for the air in the cave. The golden eyes in the shadows didn't blink. They were steady, luminous, and possessed a weight that felt like a physical pressure against her chest.
Weiwei? she thought frantically, her feet rooted to the spot. Is this a feral? A rogue? Tell me something!
The silence in her mind was absolute. Weiwei was truly gone into the background. She was on her own now.
"You are making a great deal of noise on a doorstep that does not belong to you, little female," a voice rumbled. It was deep, like the grinding of tectonic plates, vibrating through the stone walls and into the very soles of Lin Wan's feet.
Lin Wan swallowed hard, her mind racing. Didn't Wang say this valley was a neutral territory? That no one owned it? She thought of all the work they had put into the foundation and the mud-mix. If this man owned the land, it means they are trespassing.
