Give Trina the slip!

"Sire, if I may -" Trina starts to say as you round the corner.

You're pretty sure she intended to end that sentence with a suggestion that this was not a good day for you to ride off on your own, but unfortunately you don't hear the rest of it, as you've already put the spurs to Steelheart and bolted off down the road. Steelheart is a fast runner even clad in barding and armor - with only you and a light saddle on his back, he is unbeatable! You are confident that you've left even Trina's swift mount in the dust as you approach the next bend and take it at a run.

Up ahead is the triple-fork. The right one leads back to the town, so there's not much point in going that way. The center path goes into the thick of the woods, while the leftmost goes up into a high meadow. You'll have to decide which path to take on the fly to be away before Trina comes around and sees which way you went!