Over the next couple of weeks, they traveled through the mountains, around the forest of Riella and towards Elvin territory, always resting in short bursts.

As they neared the territory, they stuck to resting in hidden placed, not wanting to be caught by any roaming guards. Neither of them were really wanted in the area, humans weren't allowed without escort though only few would've been able to tell he was human and she was wanted by the kingdom.

Just along the territory line, they found a small cave to hide in for the night and thought it best to make camp there. It was clear she was growing more uneasy every day that passed, but seemed to hold her composure well.

Until one night, he brought it up, "if it bothers you that much, I'll go into the kingdom alone."

"No, it's alright.I can't exactly draw you a map of how to get there, and without me beside you, you'd be too easy to spot."

She heard him laugh, just lightly and it caught her off guard, "you'd be surprised at just how well I can hide."

At first she wasn't exactly sure how to respond but managed a, "every Elf is trained to detect any lifeforce, of any means at all. I'm certain they'd spot you out, no matter how hard you try and hide. It's best if we-"

"Can you sense me right now?" He asked suddenly, again she was offput, this was a weird question.

"Yes, I can but what does that have to do with anything?"

"Do I feel human to you?"

This line of questioning was only growing more confusing, "Yes."

"Then how about we test something, hmm?" He chuckled standing. "I need you to not freak out when I do this, however."

"Freak out? Why would I-?" She stopped herself as his whole body disappeared into wisps of shadow, fading completely from view. Jumping to her feet, she panicked, instinct telling her to grab the hilt of her sword.

"I told you not to-" as his voice sounded out from behind her, she instinctively spun around, swinging her sword, only to his another cloud of shadow. Behind her again, this time from opposite the fire, "freak out." He finished.

Spinning on her heel, she looked directly at him, trying to forcefully calm herself down, "how did you do that?"

He did not answer her, but instead asked another question, "could you sense me?"

"I..." trailing off again, she thought for a moment. Taking a deep breath she sheathed her sword and settled herself down, closing her eyes, "do it again."

This time she heard the softest brush of wind within the cave, one she assumed was him taking form. She listened close to the cave around her, blocking out all sounds she knew. The fire crackling slowly faded, the dripping of water disappeared, the horses soft sounds gone, it was pure silence. All aside from the softest sound of wind, almost unnoticeable. It was like a soft summer breeze, gently brushing through the leaves, yet it became eerily colder within the cave. She knew she had felt this once before, back at the castle but ignored it, that wasn't the purpose of this test.

She locked onto what was his energy, his sense and what she could once feel beside her was gone. There was nothing there but the cold, the sinking feeling that she was alone and yet that there were eyes piercing into her.

Opening her eyes, she looked around the cave, trying desperately to lock onto any sensation, any energy flow she could feel that might have been different and all she felt was cold. Maybe that was the trick? Focus on the cold. So, she did, tuning every sense onto that feeling, she felt a shiver down her spine and held onto that.

"You have no energy...it's like you're..." she stopped herself and the shadows shifted before her, slowly taking his form.

"Dead?" He finished and she looked up at him, concerning.