Darkness Descending

Chapter 11

(WARNING AFTER THIS CHAPTER THE NEXT 4 CHAPTERS WILL CONTAIN TORTURE AND BLOOD IF YOU DON'T LIKE EITHER THEN WAIT FOR CHAPTER 16 TO COME OUT)

In the city sitting around a table were three people a female and two males each looking relaxed and somewhat amused. The female had brown eyes wearing a wicked smirk her long wavy black hair contrasting against her pale skin. The taller of the two men was a dark skin man with green eyes was leaning back his short blonde hair at this point appeared to have the start of curls to it. The second shorter man was reading a book in front of him with a small smirk adjusting his glasses. The man's grey eyes were hooded making the tan-skin seem almost as if he was constantly tired his hair didn't exactly help that impression either. His brown hair was messy and tied back in a loose hold which ended up letting some of his bangs hang in his face covering his right eye entirely. The lady said as she leaned forwards" I think our little fox is going to be brought to us soon." The blonde-haired man said, closing his eyes with a smile" if they honestly manage to catch the man I'll host a feast however I doubt it'll be that easy." The brown-haired man looked up from his book as he gave a chuckle adjusting his glasses he said" the last time I had caught him the let's just say that he's made it a point to avoid capture. So I gave the order to take him out if he continues to evade them after all we can no longer afford to have the threat be free." He shut the book with a grim expression he stated in a calm voice" after all, if he does manage to do this we can be overthrown he stole the map to my treasure supply."

There was shouting coming from the entrance before a lead guard only able to be told apart by the elite's mark on the shoulder of the armor they wore on duty. The mark was of a bird of prey flying appearing to fly towards a star in which most figure it's the elite that's reaching for its goal to do anything to be the best of all the guards. The lead guard said, sounding elated" my Lord Destrian I have excellent news for you. Pardon me Lady Riya, Lord Merek I didn't mean to interrupt anyways my Lord we believe that the thief Samuel Reeds has been dealt with. We chased him to a river in which he tried to make a jump across yet missed and fell in it's the river with the rapids so I doubt he made it out alive." The three quickly looked over at the guard before Destrian stood up calmly walking over to the man who gulped as the taller man leaned forwards adjusting his glasses. Destrian's tone sounded calm however his voice rang around the room" you're a fool you may be one of my elite guards but you're a damn fool. How many times have we hit that damn fox and it still survives? You think a river would kill him then you're not fit for being an elite anymore." With that, he ripped off the mark before dismissing the guard who looked completely shocked. Destrian shouted, knowing the other elites tend to hang around for orders and to protect the nobles" find the damn fox even if he's dead I want to see the damn body to ensure nothing is a threat to our lands!"

There was sprinting as they scattered to follow the orders of their Lord when he returned to the table Riya said:" it appears that now we're finally getting serious I can wait to see our little fox again." Merek gave a snort crossing his arms as he said:" I just can't wait to see that our rein is protected so we don't have to deal with an uprising." Destrian said, with a smirk" we'll also finally get those villages that blasted thief has been protecting. Soon enough we'll get everything that we've wanted for so damn long all it takes is the capture of one fox." The three shared a glad look as the final push was made to capture Sam the bane of their existence. Meanwhile back in the hidden house, Sam woke up with a jolt his heart racing as he looked around with fearful eyes feeling as if something wasn't right. He went to get up hissing a bit when he put weight on his injured arm however pushing through the pain he sat up rubbing his bandaged arm lightly. Oliver was walking in just as Sam stumbled to his feet panting still recovering from being out in the cold for so long. The hazel-eyed man exclaimed, " Sam no you're not supposed to be moving around so much right now we just got you warm not too long ago!" Sam said, his dark cyan eyes clouded with a fever" something's not right it's too quiet Oliver way to quiet." He coughed violently covering his mouth sitting down in the process at the same time Harrison and Richard came into the room as the coughing stopped it left Sam trying to catch his breath.

Harrison came to they cyan eyed man's side before he said, turning to Richard" get me a glass of water quickly Rich." The tall male grabbed one of Sam's hands pressing it against his chest before saying, calmly" Sam focus follow my breathing." Harrison changed his breathing to deepen it as those clouded eyes stared pleadingly as he tried to follow the taller's lead. It had taken almost ten minutes before the short male's breathing finally returned to normal while Richard held the water out Sam took it with shaking hands. Oliver stood nearby looking slightly terrified not having a clue what happened that was until Harrison said" you can relax Oliver this happens sometimes. Usually, it occurs around this time of the year as long as you help him steady his breathing he'll be fine. Now then Sam care to explain why you were trying to move around so quickly?" Sam kept looking outside with a wary look before he stated:" I got a bad feeling I don't know why, but it feels like I should get far from here." Richard let out a sigh before he reassured the younger male" no one has found this place so far so just relax." Sam reluctantly laid back down after drinking the water he was given frowning a bit as he closed his eyes in a vain attempt to fall asleep. Richard said, heading towards the door" I'm going to scout the area be ready to make a run for it if anyone else is around."

Oliver asked, sounding completely confused" hold on a moment you two believe that there's something up?" Harrison said as Richard left grabbing his sword" I can't say for certain however it'll let Sam rest easy knowing that the feeling he gets was from a nightmare. Happens sometime since he was caught just be ready in case Richard finds something I doubt it though we made this place to keep from being found." The white-haired man checked Sam's fever as he said:" still warm however at least it's going down even if it is slowly." Time passed by Oliver was reading a book while Harrison and Sam were both asleep looking outside Oliver frowned seeing it was almost the afternoon. The hazel-eyed man got up before waking Harrison who looked confused at him before Oliver asked:" shouldn't Richard be back already?" Harrison got up before saying" he should have been back this isn't good something had to happen." Sam jolted upright though they thought he had been sound asleep he wasn't. His eyes were wide with fear as he said:" they're here we need to go." Unbeknownst to the two men, Sam's hearing had heard a stick snap outside unlike others his hearing was always sharp most sounds couldn't get past him.

Before any of them had time to fully react the door was broken down as the guards came in Sam panicked as one of the bigger elites grabbed him first. The short male screamed at them to let him go as two more quickly went to secure Harrison, who was trying to get to Sam, and Oliver, who was shocked unable to realize what was going on. In the middle of the fit of panic and lashing out trying to get free Sam opened his mouth as wide as he could before biting down on the elite's arm in an attempt to escape. The elite guard wasn't to please with that, as a result, he slammed the brown-haired man into the wall to free his arm and knock the smaller male out. Due to his weakened state, Sam slid down the wall his mind was hazy he couldn't focus enough to figure out what just happened the fever not helping with the situation. The elite chuckled before grabbing Sam as he said, ignoring Harrison and Oliver's shouting" about time we caught the damn mongrel Lord Destrian will be pleased to have his fox back." The man dragged Sam across the floor as the small man flailed futilely trying to get off the ground at least. The man grumbled glaring at the thief before yanking him to his feet only to smirk as he spoke in a taunting tone" night little fox." With that, he had hit the man hard enough to incapacitate the short man which didn't take much force at all. The elite threw Sam over the back of the horse as Oliver and Harrison struggled in their holds trying to get to Sam however when seeing Richard tied up on the back of a horse realization hit them hard. The lead shouted as he got on his horse" let's go, men, our Lord awaits."