Hearing Artegon curse angrily behind her. The Captain fought against the vines as Aribelle continued to run. Without looking back to regard him, her rapid strides became more desperate once she heard the sharp span of his binds beginning to break.
Weaving in and out of the headstones, Aribelle willed her feet to move faster as she neared the gate. Cassius and Barnibus standing just on the other side, she nearly careened into them as she rounded the corner. Snagging Aribelle by the waist as she fled from the cemetery, Cassius held her guardedly to him. His eyes searching warily in the direction she had travelled from, Aribelle proclaimed urgently what he already knew to be certain, "Cassius, we have to go now."
