Aelena frowned at Garamon's lack of an explanation. "Well he certainly enjoys being cryptic." She muttered under her breath. Reluctantly she followed the massive worgen, clutching her staff tightly in one hand and Iylldrraen's hand in the other. The deeper into the worgen territory that they went the more in edge the shaman felt. His concern was clear but Aelena sensed a curiosity about these strange Druids. Her own mind ran with thoughts of what Garamon could have in store for her if something happened to Iylldrraen but she shook her head and buried her thoughts. It did not matter at all because NOTHING was going to happen to her lover. They had fought for so long to find their way back to each other and fate could not be so cruel as to take him from her again.<br/><br/>Silence settled over the group as they travelled. It had been farther than Aelena had imagined and she found herself wondering just how much of the area the worgen claimed as their own. How many were there? And most importantly, would they truly listen to Iylldrraen when he defeated Garamon. Desperately she tried to focus on that... -when- he beat Garamon. She knew that her lover was an incredibly skilled warrior. She had seen him defeat all manner of horrid threats but something seemed off about these worgen. Worse was that even in victory he could be infected. She had seen feral worgen before with no remaining trace of their humanity.<br/><br/>A soft smile managed to creep onto her lips as her mind veered from concern to the stray thought that she enjoyed certain aspects of his primal side but she did not think she could handle that. The bad joke and the momentary amusement were gone as soon as the camp came into view. A slow, steadying breath shuddered from her lungs and the Draenei gave her lover's calloused hand another reassuring squeeze. The moment of truth was approaching quickly and Aelena did the only thing that she could think to. She offered up a pray to the Earthmother, pleading for her to protect her mate and to see him safely through the trial to come.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>