CHAPTER 63 ALMOST CAUGHT

Minerva’s Pov I looked friendly and excellent when I had to be the one who won the argument between me and Dominic, and this time, I had to do it in style. I had done it again when I tried convincing him that there was no use searching the already decaying bodies. We were already late to do that, aside from the fact that the bodies there already smelled of filth. “Next time, Dominic, make sure to listen to a woman!” I said, increasing the pitch of my voice to the very highest, when I heard a rustling in the bushes. My body tensed, and I glanced around, catching Dominic tensing and doing the same. The bushes kept rustling again, and this time, I knew something was around; soon enough, whatever it was going to show itself, this was not precisely the moment to reveal ourselves. In a blur, with my heightened speed as my advantage, I hid within the shrubs, a perfect place conspicuous for any human to see, except, of course, anything lurking within those shadows was not human. Do