Hunting

Sionna watched the completely naked man retrieve the backpacks and put his sword away. Then he took a large loaf of bread from the small bag and began eating it. Though it wasn't Sionna's first time seeing Caith without clothes it still stunned her. It was something about his defined muscles that made her want to touch him.

"Will I be less distracting if I turn back into a wolf?" He questioned her and she knew he could hear her thoughts about him.

Anger and embarrassment burned inside her and she turned back into a human. Without replying to him she went and retrieved her sword and dress. Turning towards him she started to get dressed covering her pearly skin from the dull lights glow.

"When can I start reading your mind?" she ask him as she pulled the dress over her head. Her curly hair in disarray around her face which accented her vibrant eyes.

"What you think I am thinking unclean things about you now?" He said his eyes not breaking contact with hers. Never once looking down at her body that he wanted so badly.

"That man, what was it, Sullen? He was thinking such disturbing things about you my only regret was not killing him myself." He said changing the subject.

"Thank you for letting me kill him through," she said tightening the strings around her waist. "Perverted people like him deserve more than a simple death." She said walking towards him while fashioning the sword around her waste.

"You know, my father disapproves of me messing with human affairs, but if he could hear some of these people's thoughts he would kill them on the spot. I am afraid if I teach you how to use your ability you might start doing the same." He said handing her the small backpack.

"Oh, I will. There's no doubt about it." She said honestly knowing she couldn't lie to him. Then she looked down at his leg.

"Speaking of our abilities, why are you still bleeding?" He asked watching the red liquid slide down his leg and into the earth bellow him.

"Hellhounds are a hell of a creature," he said smiling. "It's going to take me longer than usual to heal from it. He said taking some clothes out of the larger bag and put them on, but leaving his feet bare.

Then he pulled a small bottle from the bag put a small amount of ointment on his heel and put it away.

"Don't worry though, you will be riding me again in no time." He said with a devious grin.

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Ciall opened her eyes to her small tent, the man next to her stirred. A single bottle sat upright next to the bed and she picked it up examining it.

'Of course and enchanted bottle,' she thought to herself realizing now why they both got so drunk from a single bottle. It was because it kept refilling itself. 'This is what I get for sleeping with a elf, she thought to herself. She checked the empty potion bottle on the ground. Making sure it was the right one, satisfied she threw it at Demarcus.

"Get up, I don't want anyone knowing about this." She said while getting dressed. Demarcus know very awake held his head in the place where bottle had broken.

"Fuck Ciall now I have a hangover and a headache." He mumbled narrowing his cat eyes at him.

"Your a big boy, you will get over it." She smiled lacing up the front of her corset in front of him. He watched her breasts disappear from sight.

"I will see you with the rest of the archers when we leave camp soon." She said with a grin and left the tent.

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Sionna and Caith walked along the forest. He had made a makeshift crutch since it hurt to put pressure on his injured leg and was sipping on a bottle that made his breath reek of whiskey. When he offered some to Sionna she declined.

"You know they have been following us since this morning. They might catch us now before we can get to my father. This injury is really slowing us down." He sighed and took a large pull from the bottle.

"Do you want me to carry you?" She teased and he shot her a look.

"My dear, I would smoosh you." He said as he hobbled along.

"Why isn't it healing?" She asked looking at the wound on his leg.

"Hellhounds have a very nasty venom, one that even makes it hard for me heal from. The ointment I put on it will held but I simply need time to heal." He spoke almost loosing his breath and Sionna started to get concerned.

"Don't worry I am fine," he said staring ahead, "it's not my first time dealing with poison or venom."

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The small army of mercenaries packed up and headed into the Black Forest. There was no trail to follow but the thick canopy killed any undergrowth. This made it easy to follow the compass through the dark woods but there steps were slow for the horses sake. Many dismounted to check the ground for holes. Everyone seemed to be on edge as soon as they entered the forest. Ciall's dark eyes continued to scan the shadows fearing what they could be hiding.

"Is it true?" Said a dog trotting next to Ciall on a horse.

"Is what true Kang?" She retorted not looking away from the shadows.

"That the beast would be about 2.2 meters tall?" Said the black mangy dog who barely came up to the horses knees.

"Kang if you want to scare everyone just turn into your normal form." She replied unfazed. The dog let out a sigh as if her comment was annoying and in a flash he was gone.

A woman who was riding next to Ciall had watched the whole interaction.

"Pugot's are annoying." She said looking at Ciall who continued to ignore her peers.

"Yet ignoring the man is unkind, you know he has no friend." Said the woman with white hair, white skin and purple eyes.

"He's no man, just like you are no woman." Ciall said finally looking at the female figure sitting next to her.

"And you are? Spending your time sleeping with an elf. Why do you do it? To feel more human? To make up for the fact your mother never loved you after being raped by a goblin?" She said her purple eyes smiling in the dark light.

"Be quiet demon of guilt or I will tell the Keeper that you were trying to meddle with the party. In fact I have no problem telling her tonight that Kaori is the reason our mission isn't going as plan." She did giving the woman next to her a glare.

Kaori smiled please by her ability to get under Ciall's skin.

"If it was up to me I would wouldn't allow an Al Basty in this group. If you want to change that I would change your approach towards me." Ciall spoke while scanning the shadows again.

"When we catch up to that wolf, you are going to be glad I am here." She said with a smirk that went unnoticed by Ciall.

"Kang," said Ciall and the dog was at her feet strange yellow markings adorned his left shoulder.

"Could you go give the wolf and the fox a little scare."

"Of course," replied the dog and in snap he was gone.