make any difference at all. ----------------------- Alissa scrunched her nose at the smell. It smelt of people and animals, unclean and over populated. Storm sniffed at the air beside her before his nose begun to follow a trail on the ground. People glanced at the party curiously; their garb was strange even for the capital which received many visitors. The direwolf stepped towards one, nothing but curiosity prompting his movement, yet the woman still backed off hastily. No doubt they had never seen a wolf around these parts, not to mention one of his size. He was only a juvenile and already his height reached past that of her waist. She ran the set of leather reins she held through her fingers, pulling them tight for a moment before passing them to one of the men stood beside her. "I am going to explore the city. I shall meet up with you when my father arrives." He raised a questioning eyebrow at her before nodding and taking a hold of the mare. He didn't need to say anything. She knew he did not trust her not to get up to some sort of mischief. Perhaps his worries were justified, she did not yet know. Alissa had persuaded her father to let her travel ahead with the small group who were to deliver a message of some sort. The rest of the consort was at least a day?s ride behind. They would take their time; making camp where they could and