Chapter 32 The Blood-ivy

• Freya cursed in her heart and hurried down the tree as she heard footsteps from the pathway approaching.
• With a big jump, she immediately approached the box and opened it; lo and behold, a blood-ivy sat inside the box quite majestically. She did not have the time or luxury to marvel at the treasure; she immediately hid it in her robe and dug out the ground madly with the dagger she had hidden in her robe.
• "What was that noise?" one of the recruits suspiciously asked as he stepped into her line of sight. His partner joined in, both of them looking at her quite pensively.