am i the only one who thinks this is beautiful? lol, sorry it took a bit longer than the last. enjoy!

Chapter 4

Patronus sat on his bed, covering his ears with his hands, trying to block out the screams of the person in the dungeon room who was currently being harmed. It was only a male, no one he knew, or was worried about for that matter, but he knew who would be next to get the knives and whips.

Lily. His beautiful, innocent Lily.

His hands clasped into fist around his ears in anger and hot tears sprung to his eyes as the thought of her lovely face writhing in agony and fear, screaming out in pain as she was cut and lashed repeatedly entered his brain.

And there's nothing you can do about it. It's not like you can take on the whole castle and Alexander by yourself. Besides, would you be willing to risk everything for a simple girl? A girl who may even be using you just to free herself? Face it Patronus, she's going to die in a few days, and you can't do anything to stop it. Part of him thought to him. Patronus let out a low growl of contempt for the words and he slammed his tight, right fist down hard on the weak table next to his bed, cracking and breaking it in half. What was left of it fell t the floor with a thud.

No! I can do something, and I will! I don't even care if she's using me, as long as she's safe by the end of this! They will not lay a single finger on her head and if they do, oh so help me God I'll murder each and every one of those deformed bastards!

But, Patronus, be logical. Do you really think you could escape with the girl without being caught, even once?

No, but the devil himself will have me damned to eternal hell before I let them harm her.

Patronus stood up and quickly made his way to the door, anger and the thought of someone hurting Lily fueling him as he threw it open and he practically ran to the dungeon area.

He had to get to Lily. He had to save her before anything else happened to her. No one would ever hurt her again. Not after the horrors he heard and saw her go through last night with that other grunt.

Not now, not ever.

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Lily winced as she listened to the cries and screams of the man in the cell next to hers. She was next, and she knew, there was no way out of it. She silently hoped Patronus would appear and save her, but she doubted he would. If he so much as looked like he was going to help her she knew he would be murdered instantly on the one called Alexander's orders.

Which only made her hate this 'Alexander' person more.

The truth was that she cared about Patronus just as much as he cared about her, not only had he saved her life from the now dead Watcher, he had even attempted to comfort her afterwards, and she deeply cared about him and his safety because of his kindness and love towards her, even though they had just met and he was a part of the other side.

Something mom and dad had never showed me… She thought to herself.

Suddenly the screaming stopped and the loud sound of metal scraping rock echoed as the Flop Jaws and two Faceless walked out, the first Faceless she saw held nothing in his hand but the Flop Jaw that stood next to him had a long whip and the next Faceless had a bucket, apparently for collecting the 'vitae' stuff she had heard so much about.

The Flop Jaw looked at her funny, puzzled on how her dress was torn and then fixed with Patronus' belt, but simply shrugged it off and pulled out a key, unlocking her cell door with a cruel smile.

Oh God, please let this all end soon.

But to her happiness and surprise it never even began. As soon as the three entered her cell she heard a guttural cry of rage. She looked beyond the three as they turned around, just as surprised as she was to see Patronus, looking rather furious.

He charged into the small room, grabbing the nearest Faceless by the neck and slamming him to the ground. The other two turned away from Lily and started on Patronus. She shut her eyes just as she felt a wet liquid hit her face, making a guess that it was blood from one of her would-be tormentors. A few screams and cries of anguish later she was meet with silence and she opened her eyes and gasped at the horrible red smeared scene before her.

Patronus breathed heavily as blood dripped from his clawed hand, the red goo also smeared along a few spots on his body as well. He looked up at Lily and his face instantly softened.

He darted over to her, throwing his arms around her, as he breathed in her scent. Patronus made gurgle like sounds of happiness, smiling, as he rubbed his face against her surprisingly soft hair.

"It's good to see you to Patronus." She whispered to him, blushing at the loving attention he was giving her. He burrowed his face into her hair deeper until he found her neck, gently nuzzling her smooth skin. She gasped a bit and smiled.

"Patronus stop! You're making me blush!" She couldn't help but giggle, her face a bright shade of red.

Now is not the time to get all lovey-dovey. Her conscious griped at her, annoyingly ruining the sweet moment Patronus had created with only a few simple touches.

He lifted his head, smiling at her as he reached into his pocket. She looked at him curiously until he pulled out a key and showed it to her. She smiled to as he reached up and slid the key into the lock on her chains. He turned it and with a loud, rusty sounding click, they popped open and Lily fell forward with a small cry of shock.

He quickly grabbed her, holding her up until she could hold herself up, grasping onto Patronus' strong, supporting arms to keep her balance.

"Patronus," She said a bit shocked, looking up at him, "are you sure about this? What if we get caught? Won't you die?"

He nodded but before she could say anything else he pulled her into another hug, twirling her around, smiling and making the Flop Jaw version of laughter.

She laughed a bit, clutching onto him laughing herself. He stopped a bit later, looking down at her with deep love in his eyes.

"Come on, we better get moving before someone else comes down here and sees us."

He nodded and took her left hand in his right, leading her out of the cell and into the torch lit hallway.

i hope that was sweet enough for those who wanted that, and for those you wanted to see more violence, that might come later, review message and whatnot