A Familiar Heartbeat

Lucius POV

“Who’s there?” The words left Lucius's mouth without thought. The bushes moved again.

He was already on his feet. The chain lifting slightly as he shifted his weight forward. Whatever was in those trees had been there for a while. Long enough that a predator would have committed by now.

Which meant it was a person. A person who'd been watching him.

He waited and the bushes moved a third