Chelseaa shivered a bit as the cool wind started up, and she pulled the edges of the cape she was wearing around her bare arms.<br/><br/>"We need to hurry, child," Marina said into the silence.  "It's getting dark.  We need to reach the town before then."<br/><br/>"I've heard stories of beasts in these forests," Chelseaa said a bit fearfully, looking around as she realized that the shadows were growing in the woods about them.  "They say that they hunt maidens, and rape them over and over again, and make them bear children for them, horrible half breeds that..."<br/><br/>"Oh, please," Marina said.  "Those are only stories, Chelseaa!  You musn't listen to such legends."<br/><br/>They rode on, faster, but Chelseaa did not look convinced...