Valen felt a bit worried. He wasn't sure if the noise behind him was Sharille, but if he had passed her, why she had not stopped him then ? If it was someone else, Valen was leaving himself open to an attack at the present time. Things were troubling, but he wondered what he might expect. Silently moving ahead, he felt his instincts telling him something was wrong. That was hardly a good thing. He moved ahead, trying to spot a good corner to turn. Only to press up against a wall and wait. He was not going to step ahead alone, with someone behind him, without trying to make an ambush. Hiding and trying to be quiet, at least long enough for whoever was behind him to catch up so he might jump them on sight if they were talled than a halfling.<br/><br/>Silently Valen tensed up her body, trying to ready it for a leap. Relaxed start would have been better usually, but she needed to spring to action this time. Him, her, the dryad needed to be ready to fight for her life without her ally, and that meant taking the maximum advantage of the surprise attack to land as hard solid blow with her rapier as possible. Though keeping it high enough that a halfling should be fine.<br/><br/>If the foe had goblins here, she might get in trouble, but she doubted it. It didn't seem likely. At least yet.