Chapter 37 Not too late

After finally succeeding in their mission, Raven felt lost. Usually at this junction they would go back to the guild, collect their money and get some sandworms, now Storm had to go back to work and she was left looking at Prince Devitt quite out of place.

"Before you go Raven, I wanted to talk to you"

"I'm listening Devitt"

Finn actually wasn't expecting to make it that far, he had thought that Raven would want to get away from him quickly, but now she just stared at him, waiting for him to go on.

"I wanted to say I'm sorry"

"For?"

Finn took a breath, he knew that bringing them up wasn't going to help anything but he had too, just so she knew that she was wrong about something, he did feel guilty about somethings, in this case making her so sad.

"For killin them, Diego and Deyente"

Her fist clenched with rage, as the past flew through her head, "Why would you bring them up?"

"Because I'm sorry that I took them from you, if it helps I did it for you"

"Wanna explain that one" Raven snapped, not quite sure whether to believe it, from what she recalled, he took great pleasure in killing her Hunters.

"They knew that you weren't one of them, I was afraid at what would happen to you"

Raven didn't say anything, letting the information wash over her. He was afraid for her, scared at the consequences if they found out that she wasn't one of them.

"They knew I wasn't one of them because I told them, they accepted me reguardless, you killed them for nothing"

"Oh. Sorry about that, I really thought I was protecting you, if I had known I would've left them alive" Finn said hoping that she wouldn't spot the lie, of course he would've still killed them but hopefully she wouldn't pick that up.

"I don't need protection from a Warrior" Raven snapped at him, "And Rune? Would you kill him again?"

"Yes." Finn said darkly "In fact the only thing I regret about that is not killing him slower"

Raven punched him straight in the face, his body sagging agianst the wall. "I should've killed you when I had the chance Devitt"

Finn wanted to fight back, his nature begging to come out, but he refused to fall into that trap. "He deserved to die Raven and you know it"

"Why? What is it that he did that pissed you off so much, other than being a Hunter of course"

Finn peered at her for a while, trying to figure it all out in his head, then it dawned on him, the only way Raven could let it go, she didn't know.

"You really don't know about Rune?"

"Know what?"

"I suggest Raven you search the memories of your newest friend, perhaps then you will figure out why I take such pleasure in killing your precious Rune"