Advisor Looks Around In The Cold Cell.

Advisor looks around in the cold cell.

Two knights brings in a chained prisoner. They roughly push her in front of Advisor's feet.

The Demon Queen.

She doesn't look up. He speaks to her. He speaks in her language that only few know.

Queen raises her head and looks at him.

Her face is covered in blood and dirt. Her eyes are penetrating. She stares emotionlessly into Advisor's soul.

She's young. Too young. Too young to be a queen. Too young to die...

She grinds her teeth. Her mouth is a little shaky.

Even so, bloody and defeated, she is majestic.

The dark pair of eyes burn an ever deeper hole into the heart of Advisor. He wants to get down on his knees and beg for forgiveness. Instead he sends the knights away.

When they are alone, he crouches down in front of Queen. So face to face, a few inches away, the dark pair of eyes is even more special.

Pain. Deep, millennial pain. Suffering is written on the bones of her people. Carved into hers...

He reaches out and takes her face into his hand. Gently. For once, he doesn't want to hurt.

The first emotion on Queen's face is fear. Then pain.

"I won't hurt you" Advisor speaks her language again.

He won't hurt her...

"You won't hurt me...?"

"No" Queen closes her eyes. She leans into the touch, tears flowing unstoppably. On Queen's bloody face and Advisor's hands.

"Queen... stand up... please"

Advisor takes her arm and pulls her up. Queen takes her arm away from her stomach. A huge red stain soaks her shirt. She trembles so much that Advisor must catch her before she collapse.

He lays her gently on the ground and places his palm on the wound. His fingers light up, leaving only a dark stain behind the spell.

"I knew someone... who cured with magic..."

For the first time in years, Advisor began to regret leaving the palace...

words to use instead of running?

Running—to go faster than a walk

Barreling - to move at a high speed or without hesitation

Blazing - of outstanding power, speed, heat, or intensity

Bounding - to move by leaping

Cantering - to move at or as if at a canter (i.e., a 3-beat gait resembling but smoother and slower than the gallop); loping

Careening - to proceed or move quickly

Coursing - to proceed or move quickly

Dashing - to go at a pace faster than a walk

Galloping - progressing, developing, or increasing rapidly

Hastening - to move or act quickly

Hieing - to go quickly; hasten

Hurtling - to move rapidly or forcefully

Hurrying - to carry or cause to go with haste

Hustling - hasten, hurry

Jogging - to run or ride at a slow trot

Loping - an easy usually bounding gait capable of being sustained for a long time

Racing - to proceed or move quickly

Ripping - to proceed or move quickly

Rushing - to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

Scampering - to run nimbly and usually playfully about

Scooting - to move swiftly

Scurrying - to move in or as if in a brisk pace; scampering

Scuttling - scurry; a short swift run

Skipping - to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip

Speeding - to make haste

Springing - to make a leap or series of leaps

Sprinting - to run or go at top speed especially for a short distance

Tearing - to proceed or move quickly

Tripping - to go at a pace faster than a walk

Trotting - to proceed briskly; hurrying

Zipping - to move, act, or function with speed and vigor

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