the following night , fate handed her the ultimate chance , and jenny took full advantage of it : she had just stepped outside with brenna , intending to tell arik they wished to stroll about the perimeter of the tent-the area they were now restricted to for exercise -when two things simultaneously occurred to jenny : the first was that arik and the black wolf 's guards were more than twenty-five yards away , momentarily occupied with some sort of fight which had broken out among the men ; the second was that , far off on her left , the earl had turned and was watching jennifer and brenna closely .