Grim watched as the three figures disappeared beneath the glowing water.
"Grim!" Lianna's voice called again. He turned to see her picking her way down the rocky path toward him, Huangyan and a couple guards were close by.
His momentary surprise turned to irritation. "It's nowhere near midnight," he said as she approached. "We had an agreement."
"An agreement I never intended to keep," Lianna replied. "Did you really think we'd leave you alone after what happened at Southridge?"
"I can handle myself," Grim said. "You just ruined any chance I had to figure out what's going on."
Huangyan reached them. "We observed them from the hillside. Those weren't human."
"Obviously," Grim said. "They might have communicated if you hadn't startled them."
"Or they might have skewered you with those tridents," Lianna countered. "What were they?"
Grim turned away from them both, looking back at the glowing water. "I don't know. But I intend to find out."
