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I quickly ran to my cave so I might leave before dawn. I felt around and gathered my gear together. I hopped atop my stallion, and started down the long path to get back to Salah Hadine and the castle. I rode through two of the three towns that are before the castle. On the way, felt asthough someone was following me. But once the sun rised, I noticed they were only a band of soldiers incoming from Asmeid. I'd kept my head low, but something drew my concern. The leading soldier had two swords on each side of his belt. Though strange, I let it pass by.  It was a few hours past dawn, and I had stopped at a pond close to the town. My horse dran

I escaped through the dark of night. Making my way through the forest atop the hill I ran up, I smelled burning wood and noticed gray smoke against the darkened sky. I quickly ran from tree to tree, and heard deep screeching voices. I finally found where the smoke was coming from. There was a large group of Hel's araions. These devilish-creatures where eating squirrels, rats, and mice. Many where fighting over food around the campsite. I had to be careful not to run into any of them. I noticed two of the araions talking on ragnuls. On was showing the other a map, and pointing to a spot on it. I closed my eyes, and drowned out all the other