Evelysia felt a phantom racing heart beat, though the vessel in her chest no longer stirred, as the cracking sound of the branch emanated throughout the woods. Head snapping to the source of the sound, the glimpse she got of dark scales and flesh was enough to make her quickly disappear further into the woods, her dark cloak billowing behind her.

[i]No one can know I'm here.[/i]

Cursing the unfriendly eyes that had seen her, she blindly flew forward still. A scent began to fill her nose as she ran on, growing ever stronger.

[i]Is that... maple?[/i]