"We need to go," I said, looking toward the eastern side of the property like I could already see the Downtown core of Rongdu. "Now, before he has time to move."
Yuche's arm tightened around my waist instead of letting me go. "No," he replied, and the fact that nobody else immediately argued with him told me exactly how the rest of this conversation was going to go.
I looked around the kitchen at the four men who had spent months trying to convince me that leaving my house was necessary for my wellbeing in some way, shape or form. Apparently, they had finally accepted my position at the exact moment I needed them to forget it.
Lingyun's fire disappeared from his hands as he moved around the island. "The Devourer is beneath the same hotel where it almost killed you, only now the building is rubble and the ground around it is full of tunnels. Running toward it five minutes after you started glowing doesn't sound like the best plan you've ever had."
