It stayed still as the night for a single moment before the boy broke it with laughter. "Amazin’," he clapped. "I'm impressed!" 620Please respect copyright.PENANAWaykNsj72f
She turned back to him, a little thin for air, as she humbly stated "Thank you,” before pushing the door open and checking the hallway for any sign of the guards. Her heart began to push against my ribcage at the act of breaking out. This would singlehandedly be the most devious crime she had ever committed, besides being born animan of course. She didn’t want to imagine the nightmare she’d be in if she were caught now.620Please respect copyright.PENANAbJXSuNVox1
The boy roughly pushed past her, not even caring to check the halls as she had. "They kept my things in the other room." He walked on ahead, leaving her behind. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAuLPJwDzXuk
She shut the cell door as quietly as she could, afraid of catching the attention of anyone outside, before following after the boy. The heavily bolted wooden door that shut the jail cells from the guard's room was unlocked. The guards probably figured they wouldn't be able to escape, the boy being only a warrior and the girl being animan, and that nobody would want to bail the pair out. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAXHLQmXiW8w
The boy didn't turn to check on her as he made his way into the other room, the weighty door shutting after him with a heavy slam with an audible groan from the old wood. She tiptoed after him, virtually silent compared to the steel toed soldier, and slowly crept it open, allowing the hefty door to lean against her shoulder. 620Please respect copyright.PENANA7tFYW0BaQV
The first thing to hit her was a rush of air she naively presumed to be the fresh breath of freedom from the rotting musk of the prison cells. But when she fully made her way through the door and adjusted her eyesight, she realized it was the Warrior Boy and his previously confiscated spear whose sharpened head was at her throat with expert aim. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAwLnI6K8hAD
Her heart dropped to the soles of her shoes and she gulped loudly, realizing she was double crossed. But what did she expect? He was a sly Scorupi Warrior after all, and was trained by the best general their slimy, spiteful country could offer. She should have known better, and now she was going to pay the price for her naivety. 620Please respect copyright.PENANA4vqTqf7asw
She looked up at the boy in disgust. His smile was wiped clean off his face and replaced with a scowl, an expression that didn't suit him as well as his blissful beaming. He almost transformed into a whole new being completely, one that was cold and calculating. But he had to be cold and calculating to manipulate the poor girl into breaking him out.620Please respect copyright.PENANAirmfqVmY2Y
Everything he had said in that jail cell must have been lies; he had killed Animan, and anyone that opposed his Lord's ideals. He's set fires and raged rivers of blood under the command of his grandfather. He's been manipulating her since the beginning. 620Please respect copyright.PENANApm8cOnLKUl
Her body froze in fear, her pounding heart racing in her throat, in her mind the phrase 'I told you so' repeated itself over and over. She could feel a cold sweat blossoming against her forehead, but she didn't dare wipe it away. Their gazes stayed locked together for what felt like a lifetime, playing chicken with their eyes. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAaZl24Z1CBV
He blinked once, slowly, before letting a grin grow on his cheeks like ivy. He smiled wider, showing off his pearly whites in a fowl message that seemed to command ants to crawl beneath her skin. If he was going to kill her, why would he smile? Would he actually enjoy it..? Was he that much of a true monster? 620Please respect copyright.PENANAazoC0TcR34
Inching the spearhead closer to the nape of her neck, he purred, "As a Scorupi Warrior, my trainin’ demands that I slay ya right here, right now." 620Please respect copyright.PENANAiHomR59usS
This was it. This is where he kills her and runs off a free man. This is where she pays for her childish mistake. She drew in a quick breath, possibly her last, before squeezing her eyes shut, clenching her gloved hands and bracing for the fatal blow.
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