Roxie watched as Ayren discovered the creature for himself.  She continued to feign ignorance of it, but she could see his eyes dart back and forth between her and the approaching creature.   Her reason for remaining unaffected was two fold.  She had been blessed with rather unique abilities for her kind, and in this human form, she was usually rather difficult for other fae to immediately detect.  Ayren would be better off in the long run if the creature of darkness assumed she was just some disposable human girl.  It gave them some element of surprise if the damned thing managed to get close enough to cause issues for them.  She took the lead as they headed down the street, away from their pursuer, and as they came to the corner, Roxie's hand shot out to grab onto this, pulling them both into a sudden sharp turn down the adjacent street.<br/><br/>It would give them a few precious moments out of the creature's line of sight, if they were lucky.  It was likely much faster than it looked to be, but she had prepared for that as well.  She realized Ayren's hand and slid her arm around his, coming in a bit closer.<br/><br/>"As much as I would adore continuing the charade that I'm either drawing you away so we can both get lucky, or alternatively, luring you into some kind of scam, I think it may be best to come clean..."  She had leaned in, so her breath use grazed the soft skin of his ear.  "That thing you saw...and yes, I know you saw it...Is coming for you.  It is filled with a dogged determination, and it will likely not give up until it is either you are dead or it is.  But, you are in luck.  I'm here to make sure that the latter occurs, not the former."  She knew it would likely take him a few moments to process her words, but she would wager he had experienced many strange supernatural encounters in his lifetime, so it would not take too much work for her words to ring with the truth they held.  They just had to make it out of this alive, so he could have a chance to discover that.<br/><br/>They came up on a lovely, dark red sports car.  She had used her charms to convince a rather arrogant and clearly dishonest businessman to hand it over to her a few days before.  The title was now in her name and it had taken very little effort to make the businessman forget her.  He was left with a vague recollection that he had donated the car to a good cause, though he couldn't quite put his finger on the name of the cause.  Humans, especially those that were full of themselves, were generally very susceptible to magical glamours and manipulations.  And Roxie was skilled in both abilities, thanks to years living among them mundane folk.<br/><br/>"I can get us somewhere safe, a place where that thing will not be able to easily track or find you, but you have to make the choice.  I won't force you to come with me, but I can promise you this, Ayren..."  Her crystal blue eyes rose to meet his, her gaze heavy.  "I'm here to protect you."