Where There Is Desire

His compliment brought a chuckle to her lips, he didn’t know what kind of life she’d lived before they’d met. What he did know was that she was alone when they found each other and she had put her past behind her to move forward with him. She might not have thought herself very talented but she was a whole lot better than Indigo and he could appreciate her skill. Duchess mentioned her less than stellar abilities in hunting but Indy shook his head, there were always support roles and small prey like this. ”I’m not a great hunter myself.” He confessed to her as he finished his lunch with her. It wasn’t the worst he’d stomached.

They finished relatively quickly and Duchess swiftly picked up before returning to his earlier decision to make. What was next? ”Well, we’ve seen the highest point, ready to see the lowest?” He asked her with a tilt of his head as he picked himself up and began to lead them towards the corridor that would take them to the staircase below. He ignored the feelings that remained at the back of his throat. How much he missed his family and what once was. He hadn’t realized how perfect his life had been before… everything. Before he left. Before he abandoned Asla. He knew she had wanted and encouraged him to the Hallows and the separation but now that they had been apart for so long he doubted himself more every day.

Indigo shook himself as they rounded the massive wooden doors that were the threshold. The dungeon stair. ”You aren’t afraid of the dark are you? Or ghosts?” He was teasing, but his voice took on a more serious note.