Hóng Yè burst into the clearing, screaming at the top of his lungs. The teenage Red Panda was sprinting and his amber eyes were wide with terror.
Right beside him was Shěn. The Tiger was maintaining his signature, completely blank, deadpan expression, but his legs were churning like windmills, kicking up a massive cloud of dirt as he sprinted for his life.
"Shěn? Hóng Yè?" Bai Yue gasped, entirely bewildered.
Then, two more figures burst from the treeline.
One was Han Shān. The massive, incredibly powerful Snow Leopard Alpha was actually sweating.
And being practically dragged by the collar beside Han Shān was a man Bai Yue had never seen before.
He had soft, messy, auburn hair, large, terrified brown eyes, and a pair of round, incredibly fluffy red panda ears pinned flat against his head.
He was wearing the simple, slightly tattered robes of a Wandering River scholar, and he looked entirely out of breath and utterly traumatized by the physical exertion.
