An Unexpected Return (Edmund x Female Reader)

Chapter 30: The Escape

Landing on the floor below with a small thud, Edmund quickly looks around, seeing that no one was in sight.

Turning to look up at the hole now above him, he holds his arms out.

"It's safe...here.."

Tilting her head, she smiles a little.

"What, are you going to catch me?"

Pulling his arms back in response, Edmund let's out a small laugh.

"Fine, just don't land on your face." He says with a smile, turning around to try and figure out where in the castle they found themselves in.

Y/N lowers herself through the hole and lands on her feet as Edmund finds an archway that lead towards another corridor.

"Let's try down here." Edmund says with his tone quieter now.

She gives him a nod in response and then the both of them cautiously make their way along the corridor, listening carefully for signs of anyone nearby.

They make it across the corridor with ease and at the end they find a door.

Edmund looks at Y/N then back towards the door, putting his hand against it as he begins to slowly push it open.

Once it's open wide enough, he pokes his head inside to find a small room.

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"Edmund? What is it?"

Shaking his head, he looks back towards her.

"Nothing.... its a dead end. Let's try another way.."

After he says this, he swiftly turns and walks back the way they came, leaving Y/N slightly confused.

As he walked away, she looked back at the door and quickly took a look inside.

Noticing she wasn't following, he looks back.

"Y/N?-.."

He sighs and walks back over, gently putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Come on, we need to get out of here.."

"But, Edmund is that a?-"

"Room for torture?...yes, it is....let's just go."

He then turns back around, Y/N taking one last glance before also turning around and catching up to him.

"Edmund-"

"Just...leave it, we have more pressing matters right now."

Y/N couldn't help but show the concern on her face as she grabs his arm and stops him.

Turning around to face her, his eyes glance down to her hand around his arm then back up to her face.

"What are you doing?-"

"That room......she hurt you in there, didn't she.."

His eyes wandered anywhere but her face, his brow furrowed.

Not responding to her, he turns around but jumps a little as a voice echoes from the other end of the corridor.

"Don't move."

Y/N also looks over to where the voice had come from and the both of them watch as the owner of the voice begins to walk towards them.

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"Darius?"

The figure stops in his tracks while Edmund quickly looks at her.

"What?"