“Come on,” he said, winding an arm under mine and lifting me from the ground.
“Whoa,” I said as he carried me up the stairs.
As we reached the top and Levent carried me outside, I heard footsteps rapidly approaching.
“M’lady!” Rio yelled. Behind him I could see Kewyn and a few of her soldiers.
Levent put me down as the half-blood rushed up and pulled me into his chest.
“Are you alright? Have all your parts?” He said, patting down my head and examining my face.
“I’m fine,” I said as he squished me cheeks together.
Kewyn ordered the other soldiers to go inside, and then she approached us.
“You got them?” she said to Levent.
He nodded.
“Good. I hope you made them bleed,” she said.
Then she turned to me. “You alright?”
“I will be,” I said.
“It’s definitely them,” one of the soldiers yelled from the doorway.
Kewyn nodded and turned to us with a smirk. “Well, I guess I owe you guys thanks, even if it was nothing but bad luck.”
“What d’you mean?” Rio said.
“We’ve been looking for these guys for months. Remember all the people who have gone missing?”
“Yeah?” I said.
“Well, these aren’t the main people behind it, but they are definitely involved,” she said.
“They did mention killing people,” I said.
Levent grunted, putting a hand on my shoulder and turning me toward Rio.
“Take her back to the inn,” he said to the half-blood.
“Of course,” Rio said. “You keep an eye on those monsters. Come this way, milady.”
Reluctantly, I followed the half-blood as he walked away.
Looking back at the kin, I felt a little sick. I was lucky those kidnappers were