Mercury silver eyes darted across the vast expanse of the night sky which was littered with the sparkling of stars save for only a few patches where clouds glowed white with the light of the moon. Long dark brown hair was intricately woven in plaits which circled her head, skin as pale and soft as that of a young child. Lush lips curved in a gentle smile across her face, as two perfectly manicured fingers twitched idly at her side.

Slippered feet rested softly against the ground, feeling the warmth of the earth through the thinly padded fabric, and a cream colored gown with gold embroidery along the hems was barely visible under the rich red cloak which adorned her shoulders, held together by a carved silver clasp o'er her chest.

Lifting one hand, two fingers slipped into her mouth... an intake of breath and then a piercing whistle ripped out of her mouth, ricocheting through the hills of the forest and across the night... not disturbing the animals in the slightest. Unlike that scream which had pierced the same forest a few eve's earlier. A falconer hawk's cry echoed across the sky in reply to the call of its mistress, the bird angling sharply to the left in alteration of its course, diving down towards the source of the sound with talons outstretched.

With arm lifted, Aurora watched the approach of her dear pet... her second pair of eyes. She had been awaiting this moment for a while now, anticipating its arrival yet not knowing for sure when it would occur until she had heard the scream a few nights earlier. The scream of a woman she once knew, the sire of the chylders she had kept watch over in the past years. Since then she had remained next to this spring of water, thinking it an ideal place for her to observe the newly awakened one. She had seen the dark stranger enter the forest, and through the mind of her falconer hawk she had kept watch of the one named Sinistress. Now all she had to do was wait...