Camilla lay atop Cydric breathing hard, the ringing in her ears finally subsiding. She looked down at Cydric for a moment and the slumped laying her head against his for a few moments, her lithe body shuddering. It was hard to take in. A few moments ago they had seemed to be unassailable, a mighty force of disciplined soldiers, now it was just the two of them. She pushed herself upwards and lay a hand against Cydric's cheek for a moment.

[b]"I am ok, and thank you," [/b]she said, suppressing another shudder as she felt the strange warrior reaching for her. Her eyes lingering on his for a long moment before she reluctantly rolled off him and came unsteadily to her feet. She looked down the path and saw nothing but she thought she heard the distant echo of a crude horn.

[b]"We have to go,"[/b] she said, helping Cydric to his feet. The moved down the road at a fast jog, Cydric set the pace and Camilla kept up with him, though her instinct was to run for all she was worth. The sound of horns was definitely behind them now and although it was closing it wasn't closing fast. After about ten minutes they were both sweating under the weight of their gear. The wagon was nowhere to be seen and Camilla doubted it would stop before Carrosburg. A few minutes later they came upon a large stream crossed by an ancient stone bridge. Camilla held up her hands signalling a stop and pressed her hands to her thighs gasping for air.

[b]"We can't keep this up, lets go along the river, maybe it will throw them off our scent?"[/b] she suggested. The river was waist deep at its deepest point and the bottom seemed to be fine rocks and gravel. Camilla didn't know much about hunting but she hoped that the water would stop the beasts from following her scent.

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