OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, INTO THE FIRE •{•} •{} •• Adelaide had only ever visited the Ferine kingdom three times and the City of Bane was large enough to require more than numerous frequent visits in order for one to familiarize themselves with it and get to know all it offers; both the good and the bad. Beyond the borders was where she had never wandered before, so she was nearly blindly running through territory entirely unknown to her. She did not have a wolf, but some of her animalistic senses were still sharper than that of the average human being. Her sense of sight was acute enough for her to see through the shroud of darkness. There was a stretch of woods but nothing much of a landscape to intimidate. Adelaide carried on running until she got tired and started walking as quick

