Aelwen gave Gavin a grateful smile. "You speak kindly of me, Gavin. Thank you again for your warm hospitality," she said, the thankfulness clear in her voice. She planned to go straight to the shrine to pray, as she hadn't had the opportunity since before the springs the previous day to go to a shrine. She spent about an hour in there, supplicating herself before Cinnaess. She had been faithful to her for a long time and wasn't about to change her patterns now.<br/><br/>She eventually finished up with her prayers and went to join Elena in their room. Elena was going to stay up for longer to continue studying her magic, and Aelwen watched her for a while before trying to head off to sleep. It didn't take her long to fall to slumber, beginning to dream of happier times.<br/><br/>The loud shriek woke her after only about an hour or two of sleep. She was bleary-eyed but quickly got to her feet, hearing the cry that there were demons around. "Demons! Why would they be here?" she asked, frowning, but reaching for her mace which she kept in her bag close to her bed.<br/><br/>She asked Elena how much she felt she would be able to fight - and heard that the other girl had one spell she could cast, but after that she wouldn't be a whole lot of use in a fight. Aelwen knew she had her Protection from Evil spell, which would keep herself safe, but she was worried that Elena could be caught in the crossfire of the eventual fight with the demons.<br/><br/>"That sounds like a good idea. I can cast a spell to protect myself from evil, and if I stay in between you and them, you will have time to prepare your spell while I try and take some of them out to start with," she said firmly. She took a peek through the keyhole, seeing two of them, but she didn't know if there were any more around. "There are at least two," she whispered. "They'll come in here soon. Why don't you hide in the wardrobe? I'll be more able to hold them off, and it will give you more time to prepare the spell and maybe be able to surprise them." She wondered if there would be space in there for both of them - but if not, it would definitely be safest for Elena to hide in there.<br/><br/>(Roll - 2 on 1d6 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=66162). Unsure what that means for the fight and if they were both able to hide in there or just Elena.)<br/><br/>Aelwen began to prepare her Protection from Evil spell, casting it before the demons opened their door. Once it was cast she prepared her mace to fight them once they came in, hoping that she could keep both herself and Elena safe.