Midnight gave another half smile to indicate that she was ready then began to trot she hoped the dame would stay by her side the path was wide enough she followed it for only a few metres however before turning off into the scrub here there was no path just the twisting trails of deer and rabbits and she was forced to slow her pace to a walk avoiding warrens and branches that crossed the terrain, it would not be possible to walk side by side here not unless the dame wanted to risk a broken ankle, it took all her focus not to trip and she was on the path, slowly she began to feel the ground change rock and dirt turning to softer sand here the trees and brush grew further apart and she was able to lift her head once more turning slightly to check on her companion she asked as she continued foward, ?so... where are you from, if you don?t mind me asking,? a second question entered he mind as she looked over her shoulder at the dame, she had led a wolf before about the same hight gargoyle always loomed behind her on hunts and suddenly she found herself wondering if this lass could be a relative, but she held her tongue for now, maybe she would ask latter.
They had made the beach and she turned left away from the cove from this position you could almost pick out the caves which acted as dens for the outcast band. She moved closer to the water here the sand was hard and less easy to sink into with a grin she took off the girl had followed her this far there was no reason to believe she wouldn't continue to travel the path midnight was leading, and if she wanted to kill her well she had had plenty of options already. Her shorter legs pounded into the hard sand as she called back over her shoulder ?come on slow poke,? it was a challenge one she was almost certain to loose but one she had not had the pleasure of issuing in a long time, a race. She pounded down the strip rounding a corner she stopped ahead the see had made a deep channel which cut into the sand leading into the stone walled lake, she was panting slightly as she took her first cautious steps into the lake, t day was warm but the water lapping around her ankles was almost icy.
