Chương 109: Shelter

I froze in place while Lucius started cursing. Had I heard that wrong? Or was that actually someone – or something's – voice?

"Kai?" Asher grabbed my arm. "Don't get left behind." He dragged me along as we followed Lucius. The young man seemed to be getting angrier with each step we took.

"Asher, did you hear someone say 'hmm' just now?" I had to talk loudly just so he could hear my voice over the pouring rain. He seemed somewhat confused as he shook his head. His lips moved, he was saying something, but his voice never reached me. I couldn't hear him over the new addition to our day: Thunder.

As lightning struck somewhere not too far away, we nearly fell on the ground because of the sheer volume of it. The bright flashes blinded me as I grabbed Lucius and we crouched near a large rocky formation.

"We can't keep going like this!" I shouted. Asher nodded while Lucius seemed a bit paler than before. The sky rumbled again. Soon after, the blinding lightning strikes followed.