Hey lovelies! I thought since it's Christmas I will give you guys the long waited chapter 36 of Silent Temptation as my gift from me to you. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Since it's the holidays I will reveal another chapter or two before New Years. Hopefully.
Anyway Enjoy! ^-^
He was here. Nora couldn't believe it, Patch was here. High above her like the guardian angel he was. So many questions rattled away in her head. Not one of them was the question of why he left. They mostly consisted of is he okay and other questions along those lines.
However one line was the one she was willing to lose her voice to the bitter cold. "Patch!" she called up into the darkness.
Patch pressed his cheek to the cold grate "yea?"
Nora's bottom lip trembled. Bitter cold rationality hit her tongue, what if he was here to defeat Hank and throw her to the other fallen. This could be just an elaborate plan like when they first met, to just kill her and be a normal human. Still it was something she just had to get out if it was real to him or not.
"I love you!" she said, he voice losing its confidence and slinking down to a heartfelt cry.
Patch smiled, "make sure to tell me that again when I bust your fine ass out of here."
Nora smiled up at the sounds of him crawling through the vents. That was his version of a sweet nothing alright.
He looked back at Scott, "stay here with Nora, bust the gate open and set her free so when I open the door we can get out of here."
"What about the Black Hand?" Scott asked already turning his attention to opening the grate.
"Let the boys handle it, Nora is my only priority right now." Patch said disappearing down the vent shaft.
Scott pulled out his Swiss army knife and began to twist out the nails. "Nora are you still with me?" he called down.
"Scott?" she asked.
"In the living flesh." He replied happily. "Are you okay?"
"A little," Nora replied. "How'd you guys get here anyway?"
Scott removed another nail, "Patch gathered up a shit ton of fallen, putting a bounty on Hank. He said anyone who finds Hank gets his fealty."
He removed the gate and set it to the side before jumping down. The chains rattled around as Scott pulled out his phone for light. Nora blinked violently at the explosion of light. She didn't know how she looked to Scott, most likely really shitty.
"Wow you look like absolute shit." Scott said trying to get the chains off.
"I would never have guessed." She replied sarcastically.
"Yea lower the sarcasm otherwise I'll just leave you here." Scott answered.
Nora smiled a little bit, the frost on her lips burned. "Yea and Patch will castrate you." She teased.
Scott removed the chains dropping her to the ground. Her legs felt numb from hanging there so she instantly fell to her knees. Scott quickly hugged her, catching her from completely collapsing. Nora smiled resting her head against his shoulder. For the moment she felt safer with Scott, he was like the older brother she never got. Of course she was safe with him.
He smiled holding her "thank god you're safe." He smiled. "Let's get you out of here."