Chapter 607: An Elf's Tale, Part 15

Come the next sunrise - and the man had kept true to his claims. 

Before she could even properly awaken, a resounding slam that shook the walls had rattled her upright, breathing hard in alarm. The sun hovered on the distant horizon as a peering orange smudge in a sky still draped in the late of night. 

A pair of stark yellow lights weaved and flitted across the muted darkness of the room, creeping steadily closer with a hard edge to the way it glistened back at her. The silent strain of unease ached her muscles yet again as the realization and familiarity slowly dawned in with the pouring sun.