Loyalty

"Argh... hah... hah..."

Panting heavily, Owl lies down on the carpeted floor, soaking blood everywhere. Yvonne was beside him, unconscious. Lana hurriedly approaches them with supplies on her hands, prepared to treat the two.

"What in the world happened?!" she asked them, worried.

Owl leaned against the wall while trying his hardest to bear the pain of burning scars on his skin.

They had just arrived in time before the sun starts to rise.

"What did you encounter along the way?!"

"That prick." he told her, between exhausted breaths. "That prick who attacked Asty in the library."

"And it took you two days to come home?!" she yelled at him.

"How do you expect us to move quickly if we're this beaten up?"

Lana takes Yvonne's body and laid her down on the couch. She started to clean the woman's body before treating her wounds.

Owl took a glance everywhere. Somehow, he feels strange that the entire castle was quiet and g