Acat sensed his bride before he saw her. With lithe feline grace, she dropped from a tree in the path of the sister he'd located. His admiration at how quickly she adapted to her new self was tempered by annoyance. What is she doing here? With a growl, he rounded on Chaob who came up silently behind him.
"I thought I told you to bring her to the village or stay in the ruins?" he snapped. Anywhere but here with the sibling he'd come to fetch. He could already predict trouble.
Sheepish, and at the same time defiant, Chaob met his glare. "She distracted me with a rock to the head and took off. By the time I caught up, we were closer to your group than home."
"She bested you?" Acat couldn't help his snort of derision, which in turn, tightened Chaob's lips.
"Our bride is not some meek female willing to obey our every command."
"So I've noticed." A trait he both admired and disliked, even as he often provoked her.