The forgotten kingdom

chapter 2

She walked into work the next day tired and it showed. She was training when Drautos called her to his office. She walked in and saw Luche.

"You two will be heading up to the hunter HQ and helping them with some niffs and demons in the area. There is no timeline just keep me updated."

The six had it out for her she knew it, and this only proved her right. She got her stuff ready and she saw Luche walk into her office.

"You ready Hun?" she turned and walking past him. As she passed Nyx she stopped and kissed him. Nyx grinned and pulled her into his arms and kissed her back. When she pulled away, he smiled.

"Nice to see you too Hun be safe call me if you need someone to come rescue you." She saw Luche walk past her.

As she got in the driver's seat, she turned to see Luche in the seat next to her looking at a map. She turned on the car and they headed out. They drove until night fell and the ride was silent as she pulled into a haven for the night. She got the fire going and saw Luche had started to cook. She pulled out her two swords and started to clean them like she did before any mission.

"Dinner is ready." She jumped a little when she felt Luche place his hand on her shoulder. When they were done eating and everything was cleaned up, they sat by the fire.

Luche saw her stand after a while and go to her sleeping bag. He knew she had only kissed Nyx because it bugged him. He wanted to kill Nyx for touching her. As he sat there for a while longer, he heard something that took him by surprise.

"Luche." His head snapped up when he heard her say his name in her sleep. Standing he walked over to her and placed ahead on the side of her face. When she opened her eyes, he smiled down at her.

"So, you can talk."

She looked at him confused.

"You just moaned out my name in your sleep sweetheart." She sat up fast and shook her head no.

"Oh, but you did." She stood up and went to move away from him. Her body was shaking. How could she make that mistake? Shit now he would want to know why she won't talk to anyone. Her mind was everywhere. When she felt him lift her chin to look at her.

"I'm sure there is a reason you're not talking to anyone. So, I won't ask, but if you ever want someone to talk to, I'm here." She saw him go and lay down.

The next morning, she was packing things up when Luche woke up.

"Did you ever go back to sleep Hun?" she shook her head no and opened a can of ebony. Luche walked over to her and placed a hand on her arms.

"I promise I won't tell anyone about last night okay. Let me drive so you can get some rest."

He saw the worry in her green eyes. She shook her head no once more and walked past him. Luche wondered why she doesn't talk. Now that he knows she can it make his mind curious.

A few days had passed and since they couldn't travel at night it would take them almost a week to get there. Luche noticed how tired she seemed. He knew she wasn't sleeping that much, and it was making him worry. As they pulled into the hunter HQ, they met with a man named Dave who let them know what was going on.

"We can take out the demon first then go after the Niffs. They won't expect us to come at night." Luche says as they sat down to eat. She nods and starts to eat.

They waited till nightfall then headed out. It wasn't hard to find the demon they were looking for. They quickly took it out then headed to the Niff campsite. Luche noticed her movements were sluggish and was about to say something when she stopped him and pointed ahead of her. When she gave him the signal that she was going to sneak around to the other side he said okay. When she walked off, he looked down and saw a small puddle of blood. She was hurt, but why didn't she show him?