The Dancing Dragon

The sun had already set and the enveloped the horizon. The stars in the sky couldn't be seen due to the snow cloud. So, the night was especially dark. The darkness gave the cleaver carnivorous beasts a good cover to strike its prey. 

So the two camps belonging to Elena and Henry respectively, lit up a big fire to have a good view of the surroundings.

Henry's caravan has eight carts transporting goods and men in them. So the total number of people in the caravan is a lot higher than Elena's group who just wanted to somehow get to the capital.

Elena was sitting in front of the fire holding Tonton in in her arms. She could easily see the people of Henry's camp moving around from a distance. They looked rather busy setting up a defensive perimeter and guarding their goods. But the picture on their side was very different from that. Their group looked rather relaxed in comparison.

The maids were busy cooking the food.