With a hand free, Mayura managed to use her cloak to shield herself as she sprang backward to clear the smoke and embers, but through the chainmail of her reinforced cloak her ears could already tell her there was nothing more she could do. The beast was long gone and now with two victims. She muttered an elven profanity under her breath in frustration as she uncovered herself and put away her bow.

As her memory served her, a dragon collecting maidens for feast wasn't uncommon, but in this manner abnormal especially with a now destroyed inn and sparse flames remaining about. Beyond that she had little information besides one of the victims names being "Adele." Reaching the street, Mayura turned to travel back to the castle.