"Hahahahaha! Come on, little birdies! Why are you running away from us? We didn't mean to frighten you!"
The chase had been going on for five minutes.
Rina was running without Isolde's assistance now, but neither of them was fast enough to increase the distance between themselves and their two pursuers.
In fact, it soon became clear that the men were treating this as a game.
After closing the gap to a couple of dozen feet, they kept that distance constant, following effortlessly while the girls struggled for every breath.
They could certainly run faster and catch them, but the bastards were waiting for them to tire themselves out!
By this point, even Rina had no idea where they were going, though she was certain they weren't heading back toward camp.
All she wanted to do for now was to get as far away from these bastards as possible.
