I like how the title ties to the end of it. It’s a great start to a fable or adventure tale. You’ve got a few grammar things or typos that are distracting. It just reads a little disjointed, though I’m not sure how much is style vs how much is just little typo or grammar booboos. “…unarmed save for a flame-arrow bos,” seems an especially odd way of putting it. Usually the phrase indicates essentially helpless except for some token weapon, like a stick or a lighter or a pen. So, maybe I’m in a nit-picky mood, but there’s my two bits. Lots of promise and potential but weighed down by a few missteps.

A nicely set scene. Alone in the woods with just a ragged blanket, someone running away? Unable to find somewhere safe and comfortable to rest, it’s definitely a person who has an interesting story to tell.

I like the woman too, I had to assume she was a hunter, just a bow and dog in the woods. Powerful and self-assured, and that nice sense of annoyance at finding her bit of the world invaded by a stranger… will she be the one to help the protagonist?