I Always Felt So Cold in Your Company

On her normal daily walk to the village in search of a day's wages, the sunlight seemed thin through the many branches of the forest trees. Ariana, having heard the many tales of the cruelty of some of the elf tribes, never walked unarmed through the woods. Something about this morning had seemed off, so she had brought along her twin daggers, one resting on the outside of each thigh. The silence echoed through the trees, and the lack of animals wandering about made her even more nervous that usual. A loud crack echoed through the branches high above, and Ariana’s blood ran cold. She froze on the spot and stared up into the shadowy distance, hands slowly inching towards her blades. Though her eyes were too weak to see to the tops of the trees, she could sense that something dangerous was nearby.