My back slammed against a hard ground, Penryn onto of me. I grunted slightly and opened my wings, Penryn sat up, crawling off me. "Raffe…. Where are we?" she asked nervously, I looked around and took a deep breath. It was dark, but I could make out small details. "I'm not sure, a cave maybe…" I reacted out and took her hand, "so… do we sit here and wait? Or look around?" Penryn asked. Without saying anything we simultaneously stood up, "where to first, Mr. Navigator" Penryn came up next to my side.
I grinned, with a roll of my eyes. "Well…" I glanced around, looking into the blurry void of darkness. In that instant, torches lit up, revealing we were indeed in a cave. It was a cave… with a tunnel. "Please tell me you did that" Penryn said slowly. "I wish…So. Go down the mystery tunnel? Or stay put?" I said.
Once again we both began walking down the tunnel. Looking around, the walls of the tunnel had a reddish-brown tone. The tunnel was dimly lit by the torches flickering flames. I listened closely for anything, besides an occasional stone being tossed up by Penryn. The tunnel was an eerie silence.
PENRYN- My mind was racing. How did we get here? Was Sam down here? What was going on? Alright…Maybe Raffe was right, I ask way too many questions.
Raffe reacted before I even heard it, placing his arm protectively in front of me. Growling low in his throat, a scampering noise bounced off the walls. "Relax, it's probably just a rat" I told him, the scampering grew closer. A bat-faced demon scurried toward us, "nope, not a rat" I said quickly. "Relax, it's just a demon" Raffe mimics my voice perfectly. I narrowed my eyes at him, the demon tilts its head to the side like a lost dog.
Looking up at us, it scurries off. Raffe grins triumphantly "I guess it knows who's killed thousands of its kind." I laugh half-heartedly, "I think it was more scarred of your ego." I rolled my eyes, Raffe shrugged, the demon, came back toward us, a confused-like look on its bat-like face. "This will sound crazy… But I think it wants us to follow it" I noted how the demon would dash off, and then look back at us expectantly.
Raffe looked at me, a stunned expression on his face. "Oh no… you are crazy. You must have hit your head on the fall" he took an exaggerated breath. I smirked and began walking toward the demon, "you coming?" I called back to Raffe. Raffe dropped his head with disappointment, "what do I have to lose? Yeah I'm coming" he sighed and made his way over.
The demon led us around a corner, the gravel ground we were walking on began to turn into a dark granite. "It could be leading us to its nest of demons, you know" Raffe mumbled, without looking at me. I smirked, looking around, the demon stopped calmly, I noticed the blue light illuminating the room. A glass chandelier hung from the ceiling, large marble pillars decorated the room. "Or a nest of something worse. A lot worse" I cringed and nervously stepped closer to Raffe's sides.
He looked up, his breath catching in his throat, he narrowed his eyes. His blue eyes were a deep shade that resembled black, growling loudly and menacingly. He pressed me against his side protectively, tightening his arm around my waist. "Raffe…" I said softly, placing my hand on his shoulder, his warrior look faltered and he gave me a soft look. And I thought, girls had bad mood swings. Pressing his lips to my temple tentatively, I could tell he was trying to reassure me everything would be okay. Even though he didn't believe it himself. Lowering his lips to my ear, I could his warm breath against my skin. "Stay next to me at all times, unless I say otherwise." He demanded in a hushed tone in my ear. I nodded calmly, he tightened his hold on me again, "and I mean it. At all times, don't you dare leave this spot." I could hear the raw tension in his voice, it almost sounded like he was scarred.
I looked at him, "promise. I'll be right here at all times" I said more obediently then intended. Raffe didn't seem to believe me, by the way he pursed his lips and tightened his jaw. I ran my hand along the taunt muscles of his arm, "Raffe, I'm not going anywhere." I said softly and pressed a kiss to his cheek. He sighed, untightening his jaw and arm. Turning his head toward me, he kissed my forehead and rested his chin against the top of my head. "You better not. I'm serious, if you're not by my side, I will assume the worse. I can't be thinking about and worrying about you like I always do- if what I think might happen. Happens" Raffe didn't try to hide how distraught he was. He was actually scarred. This wasn't good. "What's going to hap"- my sentence drifted off when footsteps echoed nearby.
Raffe tightened around me, snarling like an animal. "Ah, Raphael… So glad you could finally join me" a malicious voice filled the air. The demon that had been waiting patiently, cowered in on the far end of the room. We were screwed.