Panic surged through Eirin. If the bounty hunters realized who Shade was, and saw him in this state, helpless and shrunken… she didn't dare imagine. Eirin ran, not knowing where she was going, just away.
Her lungs burned, her knees threatened to buckle, but Eirin pushed on. Every ragged breath was a testament to her desperate flight. There was no one else; she was their only protection against whatever dangers lurked in this treacherous landscape.
'But where do I go?'
Just as her legs threatened to give out, Eirin spotted a small cabin, a dark shape against the driving rain, not far from where she stood.
"I swear! I saw someone!"
The voices pushed Eirin forward. She ran towards the tattered and shabby cabin in the middle of the woods. The door looked ready to crumble with a single touch, but miraculously, it held, offering Eirin and Shade a desperate sanctuary.
