Kaleeth broke out into a (relatively slow) sprint as well as soon as Janius ran past her, as her beast had no desire to be denied its prey. Meanwhile, Meesei ran up behind her, just barely outside of the range of her tail. While Janius attempted to stop her from the front, she reasoned that she might be able to trip her up from behind. Unfortunately, the Human, or rather, Humans, along the road were much closer than she would have liked. 

The pair of Imperials were hidden in the brush along the side of the road, just around a bend. Their ambush was fairly simple, but unknown to them, their greatest mistake was relying on sound, instead of sight, as when they heard the footsteps approaching, they jumped out with weapons drawn. "Alright, just stay calm, hand over your gold, and- OH SWEET MARA!" The first Imperial shouted as soon as he saw Janius' werewolf form approaching. The pair of highwaymen could not turn to run any faster; however, when the first one started to run, he bumped into the second and knocked him off of his feet. 

"Come on, get up brother!" He screamed as he tried to help his brother up to his feet. They might have been able to outrun Kaleeth normally, but by this point, they had wasted too much time, Kaleeth was going to reach at least one of them before they could get away. Meesei had but seconds to make a difficult choice. On the one hand, without intervention, Kaleeth was going to kill and eat one of the Imperials, but at the same time, any attempt to intervene would be highly dangerous, as her beast spirit was in command now. She knew that Kaleeth was yet to eat another person, so it would not be a pleasant experience for her, but in the end, she determined it was not worth risking their lives to save a pair of highwaymen.