Chapter 58: Oakedge entrance.

GAH! Arad gasped, waking up with a sweaty face. Looking around, he was asleep on a bed in a wooden lodge.

"You're awake?" The sweet voice of a woman reached his ear. She stood beside the fireplace, heating a blanket.

Arad sat, looking at her long golden hair and pure white skin. "Who are you?"

"That's my question to ask, my husband, found you in a griffon's nest." She said with her eyes glowing green.

"Your husband?" Arad looked around, seeing no one. "My name is Arad Orion, an adventurer."

The woman stared at him, worried, "You were hunting griffons alone?"

"No, the thing attacked us while we were traveling. Snatched me after getting poisoned by one of my friends."

The woman smiled, "Griffons have weak short-term poison resistance, but they recover quickly. It might have taken you for a snack."