Silence

The shadow of the night seemed to creep over the plains slowly devouring all that stood before it.
A sharp inhale betraying the presence of the young girl with her cat like ears fully alert. A small smile slowly forming its way across her narrow face her eyes perfectly adjusted to see in the low light of the early evening.
'Seven days' the thought crosses her mind with little more force than a passing wisp of wind that carried the scent of a nearby town. 'how much longer.' again a query that she had asked herself before numerous times but again she already knew the answer. It would take as long as it needed to, she was trained for this and would wait for a year in the one spot with little to no hesitation.

Just as the moon was gracing the horizon and the gentle lights of the nearby town began to glitter starkly against the darkness she felt the presence before she could hear or see it, none the less there it was.

Her hand strayed to the hilt of the dagger at her side gently grasping it and loosing it from it's tight scabbard, she would slowly bringing herself to her full hight of 6 feet and uncoiling her long tail. Her cat like paws carefully finding grasp on the ground avoiding anything that might make a noise.
She approached keeping to the shadows and concealing her presence as she had been taught many years ago...