Edwim ran fast as he could and soon they entered a tunnel out of there or so Edwin hoped, he ran along the tunnel without turning, if there ever was one as the shouts behind them seemed to get closer.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Ghyreian sprinted into a side cavern and pressed against the wall, dragging Edwin in with her. Outside, she heard the tramp of booted feet come nearer. She held her breath -

Some orders were snapped out. The barbarians started the war chant again. The noises faded from hearing range. Ghyreian let her breath go. She slumped, utterly spent.

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They arrived soon to an open space with fresh air coming out from the tunnels, but which one was the sure way out? Edwin cursed and looked at Ghyreian quickly.

"Which one?"

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Ghyreian opened her mouth to snap a caustic retort. "So you're asking me now? And you don't mind if I lead you off in the wrong direction and betray you again?"

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Edwin bit his teeth and tried hard not to punch her in the face, he had enough that attitude, but now was not the time. Edwin hmped and took a right turn after a quick moment of thinking, it never seemed that straight running would make them reach the exit, but perhaps few turns along the way in the could help, but not more than three.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Ghyreian noted complacently his anger. As always, he was so easy to manipulate. She followed him down the tunnel.

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They ran and soon enough arrived to a big tunnel with bright daylight coming from the right, Edwin smiled slightly running towards the light, but stopped as he got out. Edwin cursed, it surely was a way out yet not for a human, but a dragon since there was no way to get down the wall and the jump would end in certain death.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

"Well," Ghyreian noted, peering down the ravine [at least that's what I'm assuming it is]. "I'm beginning to wonder why I followed you in the first place."

She heard a hostile growl to her left. She whirled around and saw nothing. She moved in a slow circle, her elvensight active in the dim light. A pair of glowing orbs piqued her attention. She furrowed her brow and moved closer -

A streak of white launched itself from behind the boulder. Its claws raked three long gashes through her fur cloak and robes. Hissing in pain, she lashed out with a fireball. The wolf yelped and let out a savage howl.

In moments, ten more surrounded them.

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bumpsh.

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Edwim grinned, being surrounded was never fun ecspecially in this case when the wolves seemed to be ready to rip them apart. Edwin was slightly desperate, but not helpless. He might be able to kill all of them, but that was highly uncertain and some might lunge at them before they could cast any spells.

"What now?"

Edwin asked ready to swing his staff, if any of the wolves attacked.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

The wolves continued advancing, trying to back them against the ravine. Ghyreian held her ground, her silver eyes darting for possible escape routes so to not waste magic. The only way out was the ravine, and the only way down there...

Featherfall.

It would have been a feasible plan, had not ten equally hungry wolves attacked right then. Ghyreian responded with an acid cloud, hurling it into the nearest wolf's face. The wolf yelped in pain but came on undeterred. She gasped, caught off guard as claws raked along her abdomen.

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Edwin quickly hit one in the head with his staff, but got his leg clawed in the process by another and it seemed that their option were running out yet the wolves were more on guard as they noticed that the two weren`t such an easy prey. Edwin used that chance and began casting a spell, one was going to lunge at him if it was not for the lighting bolt that hit it and then it`s brother then another and another. Edwin grabbed Ghyreian and pulled her with him hoping for the best as he ran trough the opening in the encirclement.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Ghyreian finished her spell and found herself yanked sideways by Edwin. Her acrid retort was interrupted as a wolf landed short to her right. Had she been standing there only milliseconds ago, the predator would have ripped her limb to limb.

She snapped her mouth shut.

Stumbling along, she moved her hands and cast a haste spell. Suddenly it seemed the rest of the world moved through molasses.

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They arrived to a crossways and they headed to their left, then forward with the wolves on their tails. Yet soon there was light at the end of the tunnel, there was a figure standing there or more and something silver behind them. Edwin didn`t realise until it wa too late that they were between the rock and the hard place, they were silver dragons and their riders.

Riders in front and wolves closing in from behind.

"Oh great..."

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

"Damnation," Ghyreian swore, searching frantically for an exit.

The lead dragon rider stopped short, wondering if he had seen correctly. Two mages had just stumbled from an obscure tunnel entrance in the middle of nowhere, chased by a pack of wolves. Not your everyday sight.

Ghyreian thought fast. Praying her fur cloak efficiently covered her black robes, she played the part of damsel in distress, threw herself on the ground as if wounded, and cried, "Help!"

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The riders springed into action as Edwin turned to look at the wolves and cast a small ray of light that blinded the wolves for awhile until the riders got to them. They helped Ghyreian up and Edwin followed as they all went to the dragons, the wolves didn`t seem to realise the situation as the lead drahon opened its jaws and froze the wolves.

Edwin sat down sighing and looked at the riders.

"Thank you sir.."

The leader needed explenations as how two strangers seemed to have gotten there all by themselves.

"How on earth did you two end up here?"

The leader asked from Ghyreian and Edwin.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!