Suspicion

A fire burned in the pit of his stomach from her question. He was free and he had more than enough to tear that entire cave apart stone by stone. "If I had my way of it I'd kill everyone here and let the Maestrom sort out the corpses left behind. But I'm sure the Church of Saint Adama would cringe at having to find spaces for more bodies as it were."

Xi took lead walking briskly, but cautiously, down the cavern halls. He naturally had a soft step but Illandria was noisy by comparison. It wasn't even that she took clumsy steps, in fact it was surprising she could walk as soft as she did but her foot steps still echoed against the walls. Fortunately, besides the sound of her footsteps the only thing he heard was their own breathing. There breathing and nothing else. No murmurs, no footsteps, not even the sound of drunk Roegadyn boasting of their triumph.

The hairs on the back of his neck stood up and a chill ran down his spine. It was too quiet. "Illandria... we need to get out of here, right now."