[Naria]

Wulfham


Incana had had enough of the squabbling between the three riders and wanted to put an end to it. She looked over at the two men who were clearly showing anger towards Vaenosa and said, "Please try not to be so upset towards Vaenosa for surely there is something that is driving this woman to be like this. Brand I would ask you to give her another chance for as Dorran said, Lord Aldwulf would have not chosen her to take this journey if she had nothing to offer." She then spoke to Vaenosa, "If there is something that has happened to you that you would like to talk about some time, I am here for you. But in the meantime could you try to hold your tongue and keep some amount of peace between us."

Incana was feeling rather nauseous by this point and had started feeling the chills come over her. She was thinking about sitting down when Lady jerked hard and Incana lost her grip of the horse's lead. She tightened her grip of the other two horses straps in her hands and turned around to see Lady running full stride away from camp. She knew with a predator around that the horses would want to be free to defend themselves but she kept them close anyway. Incana had thought that that was what Lady had wanted but why so suddenly. She quickly got her answer out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the female. The cat had come into full view passing by the fire and the camp she was picking up speed as she went after the mare.

"Brand, Brand Lady has taken flight. The beast in the shadows is after her!" Incana wanted to get onto her horse and take after Lady but every time she moved the searing pain was a reminder of the injury she had. She turned her head to see Brand running towards her and thought that he was after his horse when she heard him scream, "Let go of the horses! Another demon cat is stalking you...there!" His arm outstretched pointing towards some long grass on the other side of the fire. Incana immediately had a feeling of panic well in her. She dropped the leads of the two horses; made a stern click with her tongue slapped both of them and watched them turn and run.

Her attention then focused on the stalking cat that wanted a quick meal. Her mind became a blurr all she could think of was to freeze and don't run. Her father had taught her this when she was a young girl. 'Incana if you find yourself in direct conflict with an animal, don't run! They will think you to be prey that they normally eat and find the chase exhilarating.' There were many other teachings that her father had given her, but right at that moment none came to Incana.

She kept her head straight at the rustling grass and only moved her eyes to watch the approaching Brand. Incana had her knife in her hand, but she wasn't sure of her strength if she could take on such a big animal. To spite her inner turmoil, she readied herself as Brand came to her side.