Taiga didn't even bother with Eckhart's exchange with his cat. Whether he was talking about her or not mattered very little, so there was no reason to really question it.
"I don't know about you, but if I was awaiting someone's arrival, I wouldn't want to just be left wondering," she said with a frown. "We might get into some trouble, but I think bringing the letter back to this Chancellor Greenacres and explaining what happened would be the right thing to do."
* * *
Wasp crouched behind a nearby tree with her hood over her short hair. She wiped blood from her bottom lip and looked at the two people near the large carriage she had just blown up. The assassin hadn't escaped the blast range of her rock bomb, so the force threw her face first onto the ground. She put her hand in her pouch, counting the three polished stones she had left and knowing she would have to be smart about using them.
Using the energetic web that was tethered from her to Teryn, she lowered her voice to a whisper. "
Wasp to
Spider," she said quietly. "I came across someone you might-"
"Passing you to
Fly," Teryn's voice said in her mind.
She rolled her eyes and waited for Phoenix to take over. "
Fly to
Wasp," Phoenix said. "Who did you find?"
"Hildegarde Von Musel's little brother, Eckhart,"
Wasp said. "Orders?"
There was a moment of silence before Phoenix's slightly too eager voice came back. "Kill him. No witnesses."
Wasp smirked and silently climbed the tree to a low branch. She took one of the stones and blew on it, giving it a charge in case she needed to use it.
How about a game of cat and mouse? She thought to herself, a devious grin growing on her scarred face. Taking one of her daggers, she flipped it so the blade was between her fingertips.
With her perfect aim, the dagger whizzed barely an inch in front of Eckhart's face. Kaeligar spooked, taking off at an unmatched speed most likely back to Hyoite.
Wasp stood on the branch with a smirk, her completely black clothing and remorseless eyes making it clear just who they were dealing with. "Run," she hissed.