Ciri escapes and gets her .

Gently, with all the grace she could muster, Ciri sat up then slipped off the bed. She picked up her clothes first, then one of the men's shirts and used it has rag to clean herself off. Then dressed silently beside where her sword lay. She kept a watchful eye on the sleeping men the entire time.

After she had dressed, Ciri made no effort to silence her movements as she tossed her sword over her back. The sound was enough to wake Bjorn, who looked around the room for a moment before zeroing in on her. He seemed surprised to see Ciri fully dressed and armed.

Bjorn kicked his foot out, jabbing his toes into Asger's ribs to wake him.

"What?" Asger groaned angrily before turning over and looking up at Ciri. His eyes zeroed in on her sword, then narrowed.

"If you think-" Asger snorted.

"You deserve this," Ciri said plainly before, to the shock of the two men, the air around her seemed to bend unnaturally. With a hollow crack, she vanished. Both men gaped at where Ciri had just been, dumbfounded.

~

Ciri reappeared not far away, on a hilltop overlooking the cabin. She knelt down and watched as Asger peaked his head out of the doorway and looked around, confused, before slamming the door shut. Faintly, she could hear yelling and arguing as the men tried to figure out what had just happened. With a deep breath, Ciri closed her eyes and waited.

It wasn't long before the air temperature dropped even further, causing a chill to run down Ciri's spine. She sat up and made sure she couldn't be seen.

An eerie fog enveloped the cabin and Ciri watched as They came, covered in unworldly armor and armed to the teeth. Everything they touched iced over with frost. The cabin walls themselves creaked and moaned as the moisture inside froze at their approach.

They kicked in the cabin door, leaving it little more than splinters. Ciri turned away as she heard the screams of the three men inside. She waited until silence had once again fallen upon the island before she closed her eyes and vanished.

They Wild Hunt would chase her, and she would run.