It was difficult to try and get out from under the watchful eye of Carnifex. Truly he was a beast and yet she didn't hate him as much as she thought she would. Well except for the whole business of he was going to kill her before she made a deal to whore herself out to him. Not that it was that much against what she had been doing to begin with. He kept her fed, he kept her busy, and there was something to be said for that. No matter if he was trying to get her ready for the winter months - she had prepared a few herbs that would turn her uterus away from children. She would not be fertile in those months, regardless of what he thought, and she smirked to herself whenever he slipped out because it gave her the opportunity to collect more of this plant. It was often found by the riverside so she had slipped away on silent paws and rushed movements.

She found one of her plants, a sort of dandelion looking plant that resembled cotton. The leaves of the plant, once digested, would prevent her body from taking hold with his seed and she would manage the winter barren. What happened to her after that would be a gamble but she was hoping to fool him enough to leave her be, although the idea of leaving him was somewhat... disheartening. She did not explore the reason why that was though, instead setting her mind to being quick about her business before he came looking for her to make sure she hadn't escaped his clutches.

In the midst of carefully plucking off the leaves the sound of paws catches her attention and she drops immediately to the ground, flattening herself before slowly lifting her head to spy the figure of Solitaire above the grasses. A relieve sigh escapes her lips and she stands up, glancing about in a harried manner before smiling at him. "Solitaire! Good day to you! You seem rushed," she said in an off-hand manner, tail waving but with a bit more caution, clear in her movements that she is wary of this moment.

What would Carnifex do if he caught her talking to some male? He might attack Solitaire and Malleah, well, what could she do? Her black beast was much larger than either of them and she couldn't protect him, so she would just have to make sure they weren't caught. "Doing a bit of herb searching today?"