"Somebody stops that woman!" shouted the man at the front of the group, his finger pointing toward my direction.
How could they recognize me so fast? asked a panicked voice at the back of my head.
The best thing to do at this moment—at least, that was what I thought—was to run. There was still a considerable distance between me and the guards, so if I ran now, there was a good chance they wouldn't be able to catch up with me.
"Let's go, Edward," I said, searching for his hand, but he was the one who caught my wrist instead.
"Wait," his grasp was gentle but firm enough to hold me in place. "Where are you going?"
"Run, of course! What else? Those guards are after me. Iory must have known that I was here in Zariya, so he sent them to catch me. I knew bringing Aine was a bad idea.
