Huntress and the hunter

Chapter 1: 

Dammit.Why did it have to rain today of all days? I think to myself drearily. Of all my kills today it had to rain. I'm hunting a siren,a water muse basically. The trick is to dangle a man in front of them and get them out of the water then go for the kill. But no,it had to rain which helps them cause they get there powers and strength from water. I growl in frustration.

"Quiet,althea." says my partner Christophe

"They," He gestures to the lake "will hear you."'

I clear my head.Don't be stupid,althea. I take a shallow breath.

"This is going to have to be quick,Chris." I tell him barely moving my lips.

"I Know." He says quietly. "You know what to do." I tell him softly but firmly.

He nods and he saunters out from our spot in the woods and kneels by the water. He cups his hands and brings them to his mouth,to drink, like a traveler. I wait cautiously and watch the water. Without a doubt a sleek head pops up over the surface.I hold my breath anxiously and watch Chris tilt his head up to look at the siren.She smiles eerily and he acts dumbs struck. She looks at him like prey, I think to myself dumbly Well duh,Shes a demon. I watch them both closely

"Hello are you lost,dear traveler?" it asks in a high bell like voice.

He shakes him head as if to clear it and he finally says, "Yes,I am quite lost." I see a glint in her eyes as she acknowledges this.

"I can show you the way" the sirens says in a poison laced with sugar voice.

Christophe reaches a hand out to her and i look around frantically. What's he doing?! This isn't the plan! Then I see his glassy eyes and i know he is in a trance. Dammit. He starts to wade into the water before i act without thinking. I draw a silver arrow from my quiver and knock it. I draw the string back to my cheek and let it fly. It strike the siren in between her eyes and it shrieks horribly. She lunges for Chris and I leap in front of it and push him out of the way. She wraps strong arms around me and drags me to the bottom of the lake. I struggle and try to kick and scratch it but it just tightens its hold on me. I claw at my ankle and finally I wrap my hand around my plain silver knife. I stab the siren repeatedly, anything to loosen her grasp. She shrieks once more before turning into a handful of seashells and sinks to the bottom of the muddy lake. I try to push myself to the surface but everything goes foggy and eventually i black out.

Chapter 2:

I wake up gasping and spluttering. "Easy." someone says to me in a low voice.

I cough and try to sit up but a rough hand pushes me down. I open my eyes and i look up at a handsome face with ice blue eyes, that at the moment looked hard and upset. Who are you? I think to myself.

"Griffin Mathis,and you just stole my demon." He says as I look up confused. 

Whoa I said that out loud? I clear my throat and look up at him.

"Althea Donovan,and where am i exactly,Mathis." I ask him,drawing out his name,tauntingly.

His eyes narrow "Not far from where you almost drowned,donovan." he says drawing my name out as well.

I push myself up and stand. "Well thanks for everything but i have to go and find my partner." I say about to leave when i suddenly drop to my knees and gasp out in pain.

He runs up to me to help me and i suck in a breath. "What was that?" He asks me surprised.

I almost growl. "You saved my life,idiot." I hiss "now i have to follow you until i save your life."

he stands quickly, "That's not necessary.Just be on your way." he says flatly.

"Well too damn bad because now we are bonded." i say fiercely.

"No." he says stubbornly.

I hiss in frustration and when he steps away i scream in agony clutching my head. "Please," i gasp. "stop."

he kneels down eyebrows pulled concerned. He looks like he is at war with himself when he finally huffs "Schaet" he says running a hand through his hair. "whatever,but stay out of my way."

I sit up panting quietly. "We have to go get Christophe." I tell him firmly.

"Your partner?" He asks rhetorically.

I nod as he turns away and i scramble to my feet to avoid the pain. I look around for my satchel when i remember its by the hiding spot.

"Lets go." He says to me flatly.

I walk around him and start walking to the lake. I scan the bank and I see my silver arrows. I jog towards my stuff and see chris's stuff is gone.I scoop my things up,when i hear a rustle of leaves.Without thinking i knock my arrow and turn,the tip aimed directly at his heart. I look up at the face and see griffin's handsome face in a smirk and looking down at me. I huff and pull the arrow out. I put the arrow back into the quiver and turn around.

"Chris probably skipped town." I tell him flatly. "Where are we going?" I ask boredly.

"Well you stole the siren so i believe we are going to have to hunt down a troll" He says to me.

I almost laugh. "Trolls are quite easy so we should be done soon." I tell him smirking.

He ignores me and starts leading the way through the forest. He pauses a moment to listen the woods and makes a sharp turn. I follow as best as I can and soon we come to a bridge. I pause and looks around. Suddenly the ground moves and the troll stands and roars. We both jump back and i draw my bow and an arrow while he draws a sword. I roll my eyes inwardly, Men. I knock my arrow and take aim when griffin charges the troll. i growl audibly Idiots going to get us killed.

"MOVE!" I yell at him but he ignores me.

I shoot my arrow and hits it in between its eyes. I knock another arrow and the troll slaps a hand at griffin and his goes flying. I scream in pain as I feel griffin get hurt as well. I grit my teeth and shoot the arrow hitting the troll in the eye making it disappear in a cloud of ash. i cough and make my way over to Griffin. I stumble over to him.

"Damn you,why cant you listen?" I ask him angrily.

He just stands and looks down at me. "I told you to stay out of my way" he says equally angry.

"Well,rookie, you thought to just charge the troll.You DO know that they are friggin blind so they rely on hearing don't you.You just went screaming and charging like an idiot!" I practically shout.

He just huffs and walks away and i rush to catch up to him."I'm going to tell you this once.I will not repeat myself again.Stay out of my way and be quiet unless I ask you something,understand?Now,there's a town nearby well rest there and get supplies." He says before completely ignoring me.

Chapter 3:

We walk for a while until we come to a small village.Its fairly quiet and i scan the area.I find an Inn and i start toward it,griffin eventually follows.We enter the small inn and of course griffin saunters to the inn keeper.

"A room." he says as he drops a gold coin onto the counter.The mousy inn keeper drops a key onto the counter and pockets the coin. 

"To your right and last room at the end of the hall." He says before going back to what he was doing before.

Griffin turns and walks with long even strides while i struggle to keep up. He opens the door and i see one bed. I look at him completely serious. "Hell no.Im sleeping on the floor." I tell him as he hops into the bed.

He shrugs "Be my guest." He closes his eyes and lays back and i just stare at him.