[Chloe]

The carriage suddenly stopped and Catty's eyes open, a grimace twisting her features as one of the guards came to let her know what was happening.

"My lady, the driver refuses to go any farther." he says bowing, "There is no knowing what creatures are out there lurking that would see all of us as main meals. It would be better to wait and send people more accustomed to this environment out."

The guard remains bowed, waiting for Catty to respond.

Catty peruses her lips, thinking over what the guard has said. She really was in no mood to explain if something did happen why the carriage was wrecked and most of the men were now lining the insides of some beast cause heaven knows, good help these days was so much harder to find, help you could trust was even rarer to find. And it wasn't like there was a shortage of men either, if her fiance couldn't be found, she would be betrothed to another in a few weeks. It was how the world was these days, you neither learn from the womb to only depend on yourself or be someone's bitch and Catty was no one's bitch.

Nodding and not in the mood to ruin any more good shoe leather, any good leather these days was not cheap and Catty had her pride, damn it.

Standing up, the guard goes to let the driver know to turn the carriage around and head back. Catty closes her eyes, not like her fiance could find any tail out here, hell, half of the time back at her place, she rarely saw him for days on end and he was suppose to be there visiting her! On their parents orders, of course. Neither of them were crazy on being betrothed but neither of them would go against their parents. Catty noted when she returned home, to have a long, nice bath to soak in. She really needed a pampering.