Mysterious Wonder

You run forward, pushing the door shut. It shuts on a hand, still wedged in the doorway to prevent it from closing. You hear bones break, then open the door slightly to let them pull their hand out and shut it again, locking it. You turn to her.
"What's going on?"
"The slave traders. I never thought they'd follow me here... then again, I was normally too quick for them to catch and stalk. Carrying you must have given me away. There are at least a dozen of them." The door is pounded on, rocking a nearby painting of a tree off the wall.