An hour later, Elania reached the wall and with a bold look on her face, she vaulted off the ground and onto the top of the wall where she picked up her belt and secured it around her waist, and jumped down the other side, back into the outlands.
Night fell and as the half-moon shined its decent light, Austin was by the tree sleeping, keeping warm under Elania’s cloak. Or rather, trying to in the terrible state he was in. His wound was throbbing, his head was pounding, his stomach was growling, he had the chills and he was dehydrated; he was in the worst state he had ever been in his entire life and if Elania didn’t return that night, she was going to find him gone.
Sleeping on, suddenly he heard the sound of something coming out of the water and immediately his eyes popped open, wonderi
