Chapter 28

The Watchers’ lights drew steadily closer. The hounds, noses to the ground, were tightening their cordon. Come forth, Simon commanded internally, summoning a single skeleton from his Subspace. He ordered it to halt and lie prone in the tall grass. “Kami. This way.” Simon grabbed the trembling girl’s wrist and pulled her into a low crouch. After a lantern beam swept past, he dashed from behind the tree to a wide rock, pulling her with him. There, he summoned another skeleton and had it lie prone. He could control a maximum of two at his current level.