It was at that moment that Aura felt Hawk's presence within her mind. He had come upon something that he thought Aura should see.

Were she to heed her familiar's call and peer through his senses, she would see the attacking forces jumping into a large sinkhole that had formed in clearing within the forest they had emerged from and subsequently retreated back into. Ervdul was among them, watching as the last of the attackers carried the unconscious Yosef down into the hole. Once everyone else had gone through, Ervdul turned back a moment to glare balefully up at hawk. After a moment, Ervdul turned away and jumped down the sinkhole. A few seconds later, the sinkhole filled itself, leaving a bare patch of dirt as the only sign that anything was ever there.