~ SASHA ~
"You'll lead us to Thana. You're certain of it?" one of the females demanded, her nose wrinkled against the cloud of exhaust that rolled over her.
Sasha set her teeth. "I do not answer to you. I have told you my instructions. Are you going to follow them?"
The two looked at each other, then to Sasha's great relief, reluctantly started up the stairs.
The moment the second one took the second step, the hydraulics of the bus door hissed and the door swung closed behind them with a thunk.
Both females gasped and whirled, snarling. But neither shifted, or clawed the other. They stood on the stairs, staring at the dirt outside, trembling.
"You can remain here in a place with stables and breeding arenas. Or you can come with me, back to Thana, and the males, and your clans."
The two looked at each other, then even more slowly than before, continued their climb up the handful of stairs to the main level of the bus.
