[gremlin]

Emily did not attempt to escape, she knew that it would only result in another struggle that she would lose. Though if this man tried anything she would certainly put up a fight as much as she possibly could. She wasn't one to allow herself to be taken advantage of, besides she knew that if she was important enough to be taken away from her home that this man had no intentions in killing her. Did he know of her abilities? It only made sense that he did. Why else would he have searched for her for so long? Who had told him? Had the rumours travelled that far across the land? Though one of the more unsettling questions she wanted to ask was where he was planning to take her. They seemed to be taking a road that she did not recognize, perhaps it was just because she had never been out this far before.

For a moment she briefly closed her eyes in an attempt to calm herself. If she allowed her nerves to get the better of her then she was become nothing but a mess. Though the smell of the village burning and the cries of the villagers being slaughtered were haunting her. She wondered how long it would be until she no longer heard such things, would this remain with her for the rest of her life? Emily opened her eyes as she heard what appeared to be another approaching Maven and herself. Her eyes examined the other man curiously, she had never seen someone dressed in such clothes before.

She remained silent as the two men spoke to each other, she feared that if she interrupted either of them that she would receive a beating or perhaps worse. Her ears fell a little after hearing what the other man had to say. He broke his toys? Perhaps it was better for her to remain quiet the entire way there. Emily tore her eyes away from the other man, she looked ahead curiously still unsure of where Maven was bringing her. "Where are you taking me?" she finally asked, she blurted out the question thoughtlessly. It was too much for her to sit quietly, to accept what was happening and to think of what would happen once they reached their destination.

Emily's question was not answered right away, the silence from Maven was unsettling. She wondered what he could possibly be thinking, what did he want to do to her? He had made a rather disturbing comment earlier, she feared that he would go through with it. She could only imagine that whatever he wanted to do to her to make her never forget him again would be unpleasant. "I told you that if I told you where we were going then it would not be a surprise anymore." Maven finally spat out, Emily flinched when he turned his head to look at her briefly. "If you speak again I'm going to have to do something about it." a wicked smile grew on his face, then he turned back to face the road ahead.

They had travelled for quite a bit before Maven decided it was time to set up a small camp for the night. There was a forest not too far from here that they had to travel through to get to where they wanted to go. Though Maven did not favour travelling through it during the night. He brought his horse to the side of the road, he looked up at Alton. "We will set up a small camp here for the night then continue the journey in the morning," he lifted himself off of his horse, once beside the horse he took hold of Emily and forced her to stand beside him. "I'll set up the tents, could you gather some fire wood? I have to keep an eye on this woman..." his eyes shifted from Alton to Emily, there was a hunger in them.