"What?" Jade demanded.
The Headless gestured. "There's a tracking talisman on him. It's so faint I didn't detect it on time. Quick! We have to get it off him, and prepare yourself. We might get under attack!"
Jade froze and then turned to Severin. "We searched him already but..."
Severin interrupted him. "You seem really useful, Jade. Don't die."
"What?"
Just then, something happened.
Thud.
A loud clacking sound came from outside, and a weight settled on the carriage.
Everyone looked up, even Severin's eyes turned upward.
There was a small pause where everything seemed to slow down, but then a loud screech filled the air, and something tore through the roof and hit the Headless so hard he was sent ramming through the front of the carriage and out.
The next instant, the carriage jolted, and then it went crashing. Severin heard screaming, and his body flopped around in a weird way that was out of his control, his eyes a whirlwind.
And then silence.
