The men chuckled and raised their glasses discretely "Well good luck on that hunt, my lad, if I was ten years younger" "You mean twenty you old fool" His friend guffawed. Cassia heard the laughter and glanced back at Damion. The party lasted into the cool starry night, Cassia yawned and made her way to her guest room.<br/><br/>***<br/>Not far from Mina walked Rosary, the youngest novice nun at the Convent of the Wild Woods. Her parents had left her in the care of the nuns as a child in order to protect her from hunger and savage animals, it was said that the convent gave out an aura that made beasts leave it untouched. She was singing a little song to herself, enjoying time outside of the convent walls.