Isolde shot forward catching her breath, "Y-yes, I'm fine! just startled by the birds....I-" Isolde stammered, her heart still racing from the intense vision she had just experienced.
She tried to compose herself, her mind reeling from the revelation about her connection to Malphus. His words echoed in her mind, and she could still feel the phantom touch of his grasp on her waist, leaving her unsettled she looked above and around the trees was she really safe now?
"I'm so sorry, Isolde, I didn't mean to scare you." Isolde wiped her sweat from her brow she laughed nervously, "It's okay, I'm okay what about you, Lorren?"
Lorren approached her, looking concerned, "I'm fine, just worried about you. You disappeared for a moment there, right when the ravens got really loud. I couldn't see you at all."
Isolde's heart still pounded as she tried to process the vision, Malphus's words still rang in her ears: "You, of all people, should know the power that flows through your veins."
