Stealth III

Outside was chillier than before. Or was it just my body shutting down?

I wrapped my hands around myself, inhaling in and out softly, needing to tell my body that I was here, in charge, but my legs felt heavy and about to give out. One more step. I chanted with each step I took, until I was out of the library vicinity.

I stopped, rested on a tree, and looked at the cave. What do I do about the illusion? Not that I expected the strange witch to be waiting for me, but I kind of thought she would be hovering somewhere, or maybe had put a spell for the illusion to return once I came out.

How that spell would have worked, I don't know. I didn't think it existed. 

'Just go, Maya. Yes, the Queen would know that someone had broken through her illusion, but she doesn't know that it is you. Even if she suspects, there is no evidence.'