Penelope closed her eyes serenely as Crow trailed kisses from her cheek to her neck. Though reluctant to part from him, she had wanted him to get a head start before the other knights came as she was afraid that he'd have to overexert himself to get away if he waited too long. However, she found it hard to argue as his lips pressed against her skin. Distracted, she forgot her concern rather quickly and instead enjoyed the time they had left. "Me too." she sighed in agreement as she leaned her head against his. 

It wasn't long before the sounds of knights approaching reached their ears. The peaceful moment was quickly broken and the knight frowned a little as she looked over her shoulder. "Yeah." she agreed, turning back to look over at him. She met his gaze and smiled back at him, leaning in to meet his lips for one last kiss. "I love you too, Collin and I'll see you then." As the thief moved to retrieve his dagger, she moved to pick her sword up from the ground. 

Penelope watched him race off as the knights drew closer. Her gaze held a bit of concern as she was still worried he wasn't well enough to be running off like he was. However, as he disappeared from sight, it seemed that he would be alright so the knight relaxed a little and turned to face her comrades as they reached her. It was three guards that came hurrying to her aid and amongst them was Gavin and Nina. All of them had their weapons drawn, ready to attack only to falter as they found her alone. 

"Penelope! What's going on? Jane told us you two were attacked." Nina asked, her gaze scanning around the forest. 

"We were. But it was just a lone bandit who bit off more than he could chew." Penelope responded with a casual shrug. She looked over at Gavin, noticing him eying her with worry, and smiled reassuringly. "Nothing I couldn't handle."

"I'm sure." Gavin smiled a bit in return then glanced around at the others. "We should get back to camp then."

Nina surveyed the area one more time before she nodded in agreement. "Let's go."

The three knights turned to head back to camp. Penelope hung back for a moment as she sheathed her sword and glanced back over her shoulder in the direction Crow had disappeared. The knight smiled to herself, glad that she had gotten to see him again even if it wasn't for very long. She turned and picked up her pace to catch up with the others as they returned to camp for the night.