The man was on approach towards yet another stranger. Perhaps he should be questioning why this road was so popular today. Sure, it linked the two nations, but it was not a highway by any means. However, his one-track mind kept him focused on the task at hand. He slowed his pace significantly, but coming to a quick and complete stop with such weight and momentum was much too difficult.

"Yes! Tell me where she is! Did she follow the trail?"

It was only after he just passed the man that he was able to halt completely. His tone was hurried and impatient. He needed the answer right away.

Hearing the man's voice, the woman quietly rolled over in the underbrush. She watched the two, still as the trees that surrounded her. Her gaze was averted only for a moment when a single beam of light glinted off an item at her feet. There was gold, fallen out of a crude sack during the impact. There was even more inside, judging by the look of it.

Good luck, the woman thought. She may have needed this. Should she get out of this alive, perhaps such treasure could help her build a new life. She refrained from taking any though. The woman was waiting for the coast to clear.

Della was making her way through the woods towards the spot where she left her bag. As she close to the spot she saw the woman from earlier was there. No normally she would be upset at someone else finding her stolen goods. However she  not feel that way at the moment. When heard the men talking amoung each other. Looks like she found out where the armored man had when. And there was yet another stranger talking to him. She decided to keep quiet until they passed.

Keeping up the farce of a being a simple old man he grinned knowingly at the armored mans rush. "If it's such a urgent matter I suppose I can tell you. She went down the road alright. She also seemed to be in quite a hurry." At that he tilted his head upward as if in thought. This was odd. Frode was sure the girl came down this way. Unless.... briefly Frode's eyes wandered the forest around them before returning to the armored man. "I'll be off then. Hope she isn't in any trouble." At that Frode continued walking up the path like nothing was wrong but as soon as Frode left the man's line of sight he cast a rune of stealth and entered the forest where he thought he heard the noise. Perhaps she went off the road to avoid detection? Simply tactic but it could work in certain cases.

The bounty hunter was not one for small talk. As soon as his question was answered, he was off. He continued down the trail with what haste he could muster. Before long, the armor-clad man hunter was out of sight.

Everyone had disappeared, leaving the woman alone in the brush. She stood up, and scanned the surrounding woodlands. She saw no one...

She had done it, she thought. She had escaped her fate. All that was left was to get away from this place, hopefully with a sack of treasure to start life anew. She fell to her knees, and raked what gold had fallen back into the sack before rising picking with it in hand.

It was heavier than she thought, but nothing she could not handle. She gave one final look around to make sure she was alone.

Della saw that the two men were gone. She glanced over to where the girl was now. She was surprised that even though she had her treasure Della did not care. She just wanted the other female to be safe. Strange she usually did not give a care. Maybe she was loading her evil touch. She moved now just watching and waiting to see what happens next.