The night was still young but the fire Auriel lit was about to extinguish already. It was weakly burning, trying to live a few more minutes under the cold winds of the forest, yet Auriel didn't open his eyes to spare a single glance at it.
At the moment Auriel was sitting in front of the fire with closed eyes and deep, slow breathing. He appeared to be sleeping.
On his opposite was Elise, who was laying on the ground with something thin covering her whole body, her breathing was also slow and deep.
Between the 2 motionless humans, the fire just tried its best, but it couldn't survive the cold onslaught of the winds and died down. The bright clearing turned dark but was still illuminated by the gentle light of the moon, but even with this Auriel's eyes remained closed.
