“Do you see them?” Wren’s voice was barely more than a whisper. She crouched low beside me, her fingers hovering just above the handle of her dagger as her eyes scanned the streets. Kai was just behind us, blending into the shadows of the alleyway. His magic hummed softly in the air, weaving an illusion around us, a simple stretch of empty cobblestone where our bodies should have been. A well-placed distraction, one that had kept us hidden thus far, but Kai couldn’t hold it for much longer.
