The cool morning breeze made the curtains inside Leila’s room flow. She sat at her desk, a hot cup of tea sitting beside the  scroll she had rolled out in front of her. It was a scroll full of the rune symbols she came across in bother her dreams and nightmares. Leila dabbed her quill in the obsidian black ink that sat at the other side of the scroll. As she delicately drew out the new rune symbol, there was a fluttering and a caw.<br/><br/>Leila looked over her shoulder towards the sleek black feathered bird. “You may enter,” she spoke softly, offering her arm for the crow to land on. It obliged, and flew inside her room to land on her arm for support. The crow lifted their leg to show off the small message attached. Leila took the paper, offering the crow a piece of bread she had next to her tea. “Thank you kindly,” she smiled softly before the crow flew away.<br/><br/>The message was short, as they usually are when it’s something important. Leila took no time stripping away her night garments into her usual clothes. Last but not least, she put her black cloak on. It could mask her messy hair, at least for now. Helena will not hesitate on giving Leila and earful about it, but Leila didn’t have the time to brush it with a message this urgent. The gentle clack of her shoes could be heard down the empty halls. She only hoped she wasn’t too late to the meeting, noticing that once she was in the waiting room, she was actually quite early.