Chapter 207: Not Being Able to Run Away
Annalise and her little familiar followed behind the masked man as he led them out of the restaurant and through an almost empty side street. Even though they had no clue where he was taking them, Annalise had no plans of running away yet
’Master, should I leave first and alert your husbands?’ The little lion suggested through the mind link in order to keep the conversation a secret from the masked man.
Annalise almost stopped in her tracks to glare at her ungrateful and coward familiar who was already thinking about abandoning her in such a serious matter. Still, she somehow succeeded in keeping her calm and continued to follow the man as she replied to her familiar, "Don’t even think about going anywhere without me."
She didn’t use the mind link and just stated the words out loud for the little lion to hear and while she expected to see some sort of surprised or confused reaction from the masked man, he kept walking without any response to her sudden words.
They finally reached the entrance of a building that seemed like the residence of some rich person. The man walked up a couple of steps leading to the entrance gate and pushed it open with a single flick of his wrist.
"This is my house, come in." The man informed/ordered before he walked inside without sparing a single look in their direction. He seemed to be fully confident that she would indeed follow him.
For a fleeting second, she almost considered the idea of taking advantage of the moment to run away, however, she knew better than to test the masked man’s patience. Even though her instincts seemed to be on leave at the moment, she still somehow knew that the man was not just bluffing about her being unable to run away from him.
"Are you thinking of running away?" The snow lion asked as it jumped up the steps and stopped on the topmost one to look at her.
Instead of responding to his accusation, she asked a question in return, "Do you even remember that you have wings?" She still recalled how it was jumping around to catch those pixies when she first found it after entering the magical sphere.
The little lion didn’t seem as amused by her question as she was, it just glared at her while responding, "None of your business."
Annalise watched with squinted eyes as the little lion immediately turned around and ran inside the house without giving her a second glance. Sometimes, she had a feeling that instead of s familiar, she had found herself a bickering sibling.
She stood there outside the house wondering exactly what sort of future awaited her inside the building and exactly what sort of person that masked man was.