Having seen the signal passed between her companions, the lady outlaw was prepared for whatever might happen.

He noted again the look between his companions.

She was looking at the map and didn't see the look which parsed between her companions.

Then he was on his feet, facing the sheet of flame between him and his companions.

He backed away, putting distance between himself and his companions.

The other was about halfway between his two companions in build.

Kiril alternated between his two companions and the view, trying to puzzle what had happened to all of them.

Often he would withdraw to a cave seven miles away, with a single companion who acted as messenger between himself and his companions.

She leaned to one side so she had a better view; she was sitting between her two companions.

He got brushwood between himself and his former companions.