by Redd » 09/20/2017 6:42 AM
"So?" Ashe dusted her hands and stepped back, admiring their handiwork. A small leather and fur shelter had been pitched against the cave wall and the start of a firepit had been set up. Both women had thought to prepare that far at least, and provided there were no bears or monsters hiding in here, their packs should be safe enough. They'd still carry food on them, but the heavier things could stay here for now.
"So?" Korinne parroted, eyes still cast downward on the map, working out where to go next.
"What happened? Where did you go?" Ashe prompted, trying her absolute hardest to keep the frustration out of her voice. Korinne was right, there was some small want to hit her. But that would just be giving the assassin what she wanted and she couldn't have that. "How.. did you hide? We spent ages looking for you. ... I spent ages looking for you. We didn't want to leave without you, you know that right?"
"Believe me when I say, it wasn't an easy choice. I thought I was protecting you... all of you. C'mon, I set loose Corypheus, several dozen Pride Demons, I played a hand in the extinction of the Sabrae clan. If anyone thought it was smart for me to be within the same room, let alone country, with Loki,
you're fucking mental." Korinne sighed, stowing the map away and pointing in the direction she wanted to walk in, before continuing. "A country to the south. Less secure, more corruption. It was easier to hide there if you bribed the right cops, got into the right gang. Plus stealth enchantments. People there don't... get magic like the people here. The demons, Vanitas and that, they got me there unseen so long as I promised to stay out of whatever was going on between them and Tony. It was an easy bargain. Didn't want to deal with another Amell they said."
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All the stories
And the loopholes
Guess you found my heart wasn't enough?
Throw another of your right hooks
Never thought you'd leave me in the dust
Now you're hungry for the control
Take the last of what I've got
Guess my heart wasn't enough