Hunter glanced at him. "You need to sleep if you have to save this fucking place."
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Hunter pointed to a strand of trees a few yards away. "There."
Hunter walked over to the trees and walked around carefully, testing the ground before giving him thumbs up.
Magma lay down on the ground. Hunter clambered up and tree and into the highest branch she could manage before laying down on it, staring up at the stars. She loved to be high up when she slept. It gave her a sense of security.
Hunter fell asleep, thinking about Lina. She had almost told her secret, she knew. She should never have trusted that old hag.
Hunter awoke immediately. "What?"
Hunter snapped her head up. Why hadn't she heard it earlier. She peered through the branches, trying to see, her hand reaching for the dagger in her boot.
From the tree next to them Kye heard another growl. And the sounds from below him seemed to have doubled. "Something doesn't want us here. Also why aren't the dragons making noise? They would have known about these what ever they are, before us." He jumped up to the branch Hunter was on and pulled her down a branch. Something landing in the spot where she had been.
Hunter looked closely at it, then cursed. She pulled Kye down and pressed him to the trunk. "Dilmars!" She hissed.
"They fear fire, which is why they knocked the dragons out," Hunter said quietly. "They are deaf, but have really good eyesight."
Hunter tilted her head. "It might…"
She handed it to him, eyes wary. She glanced towards the ground, though she could see no sign of the dragons.
The Dilmars all shrieked. A creature like a monkey with tentacles fell from the tree.
Hunter winced. "A Dilmar. They're ugly." She stood on the branch. "We need to leave. Dilmars only serve one master, and never do things by themselves. You were right. Something did want us to leave."
Hunter lept from the tree. She landed hard, twisting her ankle, but ignored the pain. She darted over to Magma and cut the ropes that bound her.
Magma took off and flew in the direction of the tree in a burst of speed. Hunter winced, her ankle throbbing. She should have been more careful, but it was too late for that now.