No stone unturned

It seemed her training had come along so far that despite what he had done, she leaned closer to him. He could feel her heart beating rapidly from where her body touched his leg. Acceptance for any fate he gave her?


What he perceived in that moment as absolute devotion stirred something inside of him. Before he knew what he was doing, he shifted a leg. Wrapping it around her chest and pulling her tighter to him. Holding her almost tenderly as they peered down the chasm together, as if the answers to whatever strangeness would crawl out and reveal itself to them.