Sadly for the troublemaker, he did not get to finish his sentence while Aakifahlynn felt a light breeze, then heard a grunt and a faint whoosh. She dare not look back.
Instead, she started to run because even though the man's voice was cut off, he was too close for comfort, she thought.
The end was right there; she could make it.
Meanwhile, everyone else saw what happened to the troublemaker approaching Aakifahlynn. They looked at her small frame running almost unladylike down the alley and slowly backed into their tents wide-eyed.
Some swallowed the lump in their throats, and their heart rate picked up as they tried to reconcile what happened before them. Fear was pungent in the air, but not only Aakifahlynn's.
Because that gentleman, Alister, disappeared in a flash right before their eyes. They could not believe what they saw. It was as if something swooped in and snatched him before his hand could touch that young lady.