at least they 'd stop short of killing her-as he himself had done . we had risen from our rocks and were turning to go home , having abandoned the hopeless chase . but then i got a look at their eyes-dark , dilated , and definitely not young . no one told me that , the guard said . `` are we sure we want to find this thing ? '' they are going to kill us , all of us . her scent reached him , wrapped around him . 