Here is the second chapter. I lost about 800 words in the process of writing this due to a demon of a laptop so I had to rewrite a lot of this. WHEEEEEE!

I am enjoying writing this, hope you enjoy.

The demon dipped under the man's arms currently strangling Isabel and positioned himself right in front of the man's face. He then brought his hand up to push his hood back slightly so the knight could fully witness what lay beneath. When he was content on where the cowl hung he then snapped his fingers and time reset itself almost instantly.

"Boo." Cain blew into the man's face and chuckled menacingly.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" The knight back pedaled away from the demon before him screaming in terror. In his haste he lost his footing and fell to the ground in a pathetic blubbering heap. The demon's laughter rose in malice as he began walking towards the man predatorily. With each step the demon took, the light began to dissipate and dark tentacle like shadows began to slitter from the new found darkness in the direction of the cowering man.

"I believe I shall deprive you of your sense of touch as your greedy palms have molested what does not belong to you." Cain's figure began to blur in the mess of shadows writhing around the demon. The knight began to sob and scream as the shadows encroached him.

"No... PLEASE! I'm not the one that locked her up here!"

The demon grew to an unnatural height and rose to the ceiling. It then curled it's spine to tower over the man with an eerie smile upon its face. "I am aware, and they shall join you shortly." Shadows lashed out and blood sprayed the room crimson as the man's hands were severed from his wrists. The man screams for several seconds and then faints upon the floor, blood pouring at the demon's feet. The shade consolidated back into the somewhat human form and reached up to pull the cowl over his face once more before turning to face Isabel.

The woman's body trembled and her eyes had not shut once as the demon before her did her biding. When Cain turned to face her she finally allowed herself to blink and tears began to trail down her cheeks in result.

The demon stood before the woman, considering her. "My apologies, I did not think I would startle-"

Isabel suddenly started laughing and brought out her hands in an attempt to reach the cowl at the demon's face, but the chains rattled in their resistance. "Excellent! Absolutely splendid! Well done, Cain. I am curious what lies beneath this hood."

The demon stood before her absolutely shocked, had he miss read her? He was certain he had terrified the lass and had been trying to recall how one comforts a human. Cain considered his mistress once more "what do you wish lies beneath?"

Cain folded his arms as he awaited her answer and was reminded of the intensity of her aura. The demon had been on an errand purely hunger related when he had sensed this woman's malefic and chaotic aroma which beckoned him. At the time he had not known it was a woman, nor had he suspected it to even be human as he began to draw near. Due to his newly acquired title of demonic nobility he was interested if the beckon-like aura were of demon blood so he may then attempt to employee them. Cain had not considered when he eradicated the previous lord that he should have spared the few retainers the demon had on location. Currently he only had one whom he would consider to be staffed. Therefore when his ever hopeful beckon revealed to be human, he had been disappointed. As Cain was about to turn away that is when he heard her thoughts. They were summoning-like in quality and confident in her purpose. The intensity of her words was extraordinary of human nature as they defied the creature's instincts. She planned to overthrow the king and those that stood before her she would lay waste to. Power is what she craved and her confidence made the demon approach her once more.

"Well, I believe the epitome of terror lurks beneath, but I trust you will present a more suitable image as I don't have time to waste writhing around in insanity. And pray tell" Isabel jingled the shackles at her wrists in his direction "how long do you intend to leave me in these chains?"

Without responding, Cain reached and brushed a fingertip to each of the steel restraints at Isabel's wrists, then followed suit to that of her ankles. The steel broke upon touch and clattered to the floor uselessly. After doing so he brought his hands back to his hood and pulled it back to reveal a very human looking man beneath it. His hair was long and white and it choppily reached past his shoulders restlessly. All of his features suggested the man before her was human, but when she made eye contact with him the illusion broke. His eyes made her skin crawl as her instincts pleaded for her to flee and distance herself from this man, this demon yet she couldn't look away from the crimson orbs watching her.

Cain smiled then and reached a hand out to her with his palm up. The symbol of their contract began to glow upon the palm in question "does this image suit your needs?" Feeling challenged, the woman grasped his hand with her own blood stained limb with matching emblem.

"I was expecting intimidating, not seductive, but I suppose each serve the same purpose ultimately." She dismounted the bed and stretches her body in the most distracting fashion. Isabel was tall for a woman and her lean body suggested she had suffered from malnutrition throughout her life. She had raven black hair that fell messily around her, clashing against her pale skin. As she stretched the rags she wore were pulled tightly against her curves which were already heavily exposed. The demon watched in interest as she did so, he was male after all. In his exploration, he was shocked to find his new found mistress was covered in scars. He brought his eyes back to hers and found she was glaring at him with those most unique lavender eyes she had.

"Perhaps you can remain focused at our task at hand, Cain." Turning to face the bed she grabbed the top sheet and fashioned herself a toga out of the fabric.

"My apologies, what is your order?" Cain bowed with a slight smile.

"While I take care of this one," Isabel walked over to the knight still unconscious and used her foot to roll the man onto his back. "You will go and find those responsible for this institution. Once you dealt with the garbage you'll next free those that are capable of returning to their previous lives; however, those that cannot… put them to rest." Her expression turned cold as she stared down at the man beneath her foot. "I will enjoy this. Go, Cain."

Cain smiled, eyes glowing "I will be just a moment." With that, Cain vanished.

Isabel returned her attention back to the man beneath her foot who now groaned into consciousness. She began to search the room for an object to conduct her torture with and that's when she noticed a leather crop near the entrance. It was set on the small table and she assumed that the knight had brought it in with him. When she grasped the leather handle her eyes twinkled nefariously as she returned to her position above the man.

"Wake up my sweet knight. Allow me to pleasure you for the evening…"

The demon had finished his task and when he returned, he found his mistress whipping the knight into ribbons. She had been laughing as blood splashed her skin as she released her anger upon him. The knight had perished long before Cain had arrived to the scene and he allowed her a few more moments to collect herself. As the time passed, she didn't seem to be calming down in the slightest and that troubled Cain. Within a second the demon had lifted his mistress away from her prey and curled her into him. He then captured both her wrists in a firm grip and looked her in the eye "Enough, my lady. You are losing yourself."

"RELEASE ME! I'M NOT FINISHED HERE!" She screamed at him, her eyes lost as she desperately tried to return to the carnage that was the knight.

"Isabel." The demon said her name so intensely she was forced to redirect her gaze back to him. "You are but a step from madness. Take one more step and I will kill you here and now." His eyes began to glow then as he studied her, daring her to betray him.

The two locked in that gaze for what felt like an eternity and then Isabel weakened in his arms. Her head slumped into his chest and she whispered "My thanks, demon. Let us take our leave."

Cain nodded a victorious smile upon his face and then walked to the wall of the room that faced the street. "We shall take a different route as there is blockage in the other" those shadow like tentacles appeared once more and exploded the wall before them. Cain tucked her close to him as he protected her from debris and leaped out the hole. The two landed upon the stone of a neighboring alley and the demon turned back to the building. He rose a hand in the direction of the institution and murmured a command "Burn."

Flames engulfed the brothel almost instantly like a spark to an oily trash heap. Isabel's eyes sparkled in the firelight as she watched the building fall, her flesh saturated from the blood of her victim. Cain held her bridal style as the two remained a safe distance away.

"Let's go, Cain" Isabel stated and the demon looked down upon his lady. "I'm filthy and wish to bathe."

"Where shall we go?" He asked, turning his back to the fire and walking down the alley.

"There… should be an Inn around here" she murmured weakly against his chest, exhaustion filling her.

"I see. Have you money?" Cain questioned as he rounded the corner looking for a tavern.

"No… but I'm sure you'll figure it out" she then promptly fell asleep.

"Splendid."

To be continued.

Thank you all for reading and I will see you next chapter. :D