The long breath he takes is his first in weeks. The warm summer air tastes wonderful; too bad there is no time for any of that. Taylor leaps to his feet, standing for the first time since this thing began. A glance over his shoulder tells him he has one thing to do before he leaves.
The Queen deserved better despite how she had treated him. In the end she had made a choice that cost her everything. A choice that had to be made but so few would have the courage to make. Now her cursed was about to lead an army of demons and scourge the world and no one knew but him.
Quickly Taylor undid the binds and lowered her to the ground. ‘At least this is more respectful’ he thinks to himself as he leaves to flee the hill. ‘When this is all over we will return for you.
The claw in the sky looked menacing from directly below. The thing looked like it was sucking light into it. Somehow the thing had a grip on the edge of the portal and was trying to make the hole larger. There's only one thing left to do, run.
Taylor begins his flight down the hill towards the now disorganized force below. Somewhere among them was Eve. There's nowhere else she would be. Taylor was definitely not giving up but there's no way he wanted to face this without seeing her one last time.
Reaching the bottom and not missing a step he crossed the first side of the round a bout. Hopping up onto the grassy center a sudden flash of light abruptly halts his progress.
Scrambling to a halt Taylor suddenly becomes overwhelmed with excitement. In front of him, standing at almost six feet tall, is a fox woman. Her slender physique accentuated by strong muscular features. Three furry tails tipped with white fur complete the look. “Are, are you a Kitsune?” he asks barely containing his excitement.
“What kind of game is this Hunter?” she asks coldly leveling her weapon. Several other subs notice her and start running towards the small hill.
“Hunter? Oh I suppose I look like one don't I?” Taylor asked surprised by his own attire. “Look, Michael was in charge of this body until like five minutes ago; I didn't get to choose the outfit. I am not a Hunter, actually I’m a cursed.
“A cursed?” she asks as a few more Kitsune arrive.
“Yeah, I know it sounds kinda bad but I am kinda like a betrothed or something to Eve. If you could take me to see her she-"
“So that's your plan! You expect me to take you to another muse so you can kill her too? I should kill you where you stand. Instead we are going to let the Queen determine your fate. Restrain him.”
“Look, I am not going to resist or anything but you do realize that Michael just killed the Queen right?”
“No, the elders have protrcted her since we arrived here. The Hunters didn’t get close to her.”
“Alright I am not going to argue with you, as long as you take me to someone in charge I really have to warn them.”
“Warn them about what?”
“You don’t even believe I am not a Hunter, why would you believe anything else I say?”
The tall Kitsune huffs at the comment and turns to one of the others. “Go tell the Queen we are bringing a prisoner to her, the rest of you watch this one carefully.”
One of the Male Kitsune roughly presses Taylors arm behind his back and forces him onwards. The main gathering of people ahead starts looking in thier direction. Walking in silence the only sounds heard are the whispering from the subs as the group walks past.
Various Kitsune glare with snarls on their face while the sparse winged people refuse to even look at him. Close to their destination stands a group of very large muscular people with very angry demeanors about them. Taylor made a very specific effort not to look in their direction.
