*William*

“It was you that tracked us?” William asked, keeping his face carefully blank.

“It was,” Edwin said solemnly.

“We’d have gotten our hands on you eventually,” Anthony shrugged, “but we might have missed the humans. They were supposed to stall at the Gap to wait for us, but humans are such fickle things. You heard how easily that one was willing to leave the rest behind.”

Garan shifted uncomfortably as William heard an intake of breath from ...