Corrin - Abandoned House, Garbage Dump, Alabar, Branchwood

Before anything else happened she heard footsteps approaching from outside, and voices. Well, this was a wonderful hiding place to pick, she thought. Why had Thrayden and that old magician chosen her to go on such an insane mission to rescue some inept wizards?

"Quiet," she said to the others softly. "Someone's outside."

She turned to Aerandir. "Make sure he doesn't make a sound," she said, indicating their captive. "Will that spell on the door prevent anyone from getting in here?"

She wondered if the odd man who had just come was the one who had given them away, although he wasn't dressed like a city guard, and he seemed more surprised than anything. Of all the damned smelly old houses in Alabar...