Tae'loren and Elariel had barely moved a few feet before he froze. She could feel an odd tension ripple through his body and she turned, eyes scanning the surroundings for threats and finding none. She looked up at him then, just as his eyes flashed green. In an instant he had them covered, drawing a piece of cloth out of his pocket to cover them. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion and she sensed something within him, horror, concern, determination? She couldn't pin it.<br/><br/>When he asked her to lead them she nodded, his hands on her shoulders and his face level with her. His promise to explain everything would have to be enough for her for now, they had too much at stake for her to get stuck on it. His words held somewhat of a plea in them too, his urgency spurring her on.<br/><br/>Elariel covered one of his hands with her own, pressing it into her shoulder as she shrugged the other off. She turned then, making sure his body was close behind hers as she led him, blind, out of the cottage.<br/><br/>The night beyond was quiet, surprisingly so. There was a flicker of light, of green and blue hues being cast from the barn. Elariel could hear the chanting of her colleagues and panic struck through her, knowing they had only a few brief moments before they would be finished their cast.<br/><br/>It was then that she realised that they wouldn't have time to sneak out as she had originally planned. To get from the cottage to the external teleportation point they would need to use magic. Magic that the others would be able to sense, it would strum through the night and reverberate through the fabric of the world.<br/><br/>Elariel turned, wrapping her arms around Tae'loren and whispering a warning before blinking with him to the silo. When they reappeared it took her but a moment to get her bearings.<br/><br/>And to feel the presence of others around them.<br/><br/>In the distance she saw them. Cloaked in magic and darkness, unexpected as they were unwelcome.<br/><br/>"We have company," She warned Tae'loren, "I can cast the teleportation circle, but I'll need a minute." Then, silently, she threw up a shield around them. It sparkled in the night for a dangerous telling moment before settling in, and she knew that everyone around them would have seen it. It as better than nothing though, and she crouched down, immediately drawing the runes for the one-off teleportation spell.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>