That...did not help things at all. He resisted the urge to check for himself because he could still hear them, mingling together so he couldn't understand them but it still made a shiver run up his spine. He clenched his fists.
He checked, leaning around the car to be sure. "No one," he hissed between clenched teeth. "What the fuck."
Her plan was a solid one and he nodded, yanking the door open and all but diving in and slamming it shut after him.
For a moment, he thought they were safe. Things were fine. They were going to be okay. And then, from the backseat, a voice.
"Tiberius, I see you've brought me a friend. How very kind."
Nasir cursed very liberally and covered his head. "He's not here," he told himself, a little hysterical. "He's not here, you're just imagining it."