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Turning around to face Raijin, she inhaled sharply. His eyes were completely focused on her and glowed a murderous red color.
“Raijin.”
He didn’t move a muscle. “Leave. Sabina, not safe.”
His voice was inhuman, it rough tone rubbing against her skin. His black hair covered his face. He didn’t move an inch in her direction.
She had finally been brought to him, through the days of being locked here and tortured she’d prayed for one thing, and that was that Raijin remained alive. So, Sabina who’d been returned to the hell of her past moved not away from him but toward him.
Her lips pressed together in determination; she ignored the cackling Lyon. Ignored the sting of stones against her knees, and made her way to Raijin. Stopping an arm’s length away from him, she weakly reached out with her right hand and grabbed onto his ankle.
Her hand shook, her fingers had nearly no strength. She looked at him her eyes filling with tears. She spoke, her voice filled the cell with raw emotion. “I don’t care.” She declared, with a gasp. “Don’t leave me alone.”
Raijin, leaned forward shifting so that he was closer. He reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling her too him, he turned her, so she sat within his arms, and he wrapped his arm around her pressing his nose against her neck as he held her close.
Sabina felt his motion to her soul, her whole body shuddering as if it had returned home. Her fingers curled in his robe, and as she relaxed against him silent tears falling, she heard him whisper. “They will pay with their lives.”
Those words comforted her as the Unseelies back faded into the dark of the hallway as he walked away. “Ogre call me when you or she can’t take it anymore. She will remain here till she is either eaten or ready to give up the secret she holds.”
* * *
The steady dripof water against the stone kept her awake. Her tears had long ago dried up, the torches had begun to dim over time, and yet she remained within Raijin’s arms.
“How long.” He suddenly asked.
She jumped in surprise at his sudden question, recovering she watched the dim light from the torches closest to their cell flicker at the chilly wind that blew through and snuggled deeper into his arms.
“Four days.” She squinted in thought.
“Maybe five but down here it could have been longer. I think the torches brighten the closer we get to night, and dim as we get closer to daytime.”
“Hmm.”
She shifted so she could see the top of his head, since he’d buried his nose in her neck he hadn’t moved a muscle. “I don’t know how much longer we have before they get it into their heads to force this thing out.” She said lifting her wrist to show off the thorny mark twisting against her skin. “Especially with that scientist. Lyon may have thrown me in here but it’s not likely the other one will let me stay.”
She turned in his lap, pausing to fight the nausea and dizziness that hit her. “We need to get out of here. So far I’ve been able to hold some of my magic but the minute they realize these,” she lifted the thin shackles iron. “haven’t absorbed all of it they’ll come in here and drag me out.”
“—Hungry.”
The scrape of his teeth along her neck told her more than any words on whether or not Raijin had the clarity to help her. Shivering, she slowly rested a hand on his head. “Raijin?”
“So hungry.”He moaned into her neck.
His voice sounded distorted as the tip of his tongue touched her neck. It was long and thick, the heat from his mouth causing her to freeze in fear.
“Raijin—agh.” She released a scream of surprise when she was suddenly shoved from his lap. She winced when her side hit the stone floor.
“Wha—.” She looked up in time to see Raijin stand up with his hand covering his mouth. His eyes were wide in terror as he stared down at her. He attempted to retreat but his legs gave out on him before he could get too far; he fell on his ass. He quickly brought his hands up once again to cover his mouth.
In stunned silence the two of them stared at each other. The large, threatening man who’d exploded into her life in the middle of the storm of chaos laid trembling a few feet away from her.
A clear liquid slid down his chin to his neck, it was obvious it came from his mouth. Raijin was drooling. Mesmerized she watched that single droplet fall, and when she looked back at him she knew he’d seen her shock because he turned away from her.
“Raijin, I already know what you are. You don’t need to hide it from me.” She pushed herself up and glared down at her useless leg. If only she had enough strength to stand; damn them for cursing her. Returning her eyes to the man who sought to hide himself in plain sight she said, “In order for us to escape, do you need to eat?”
His brow creased as if he couldn’t quite grasp where she was going with this.
“Tell me, is it flesh or blood you need?”
