It hadn't been long, a day or two -- maybe three.
to be honest Paxton had lost track. Seconds melted to minutes, to hours,
to days -- as she held Arden in her arms in that hotel room. flickering light
bulbs, bugs and time having battered the cheap fluorescents.
They had starred at the television, though not quite watched, spoken, but not
quite talked. The demon began worrying more and more by the moment
that they would be found -- here, alone with just eachother.
They needed to move. ---
It had taken some convincing -- soft kisses and gentle words, blanketing the
seriousness of the conversation, mostly one-sided to nods & chaste whines.
-- until the angel was in her car, then her elevator, then her penthouse.
Paxton had sent her servants to their quarters before they had arrived. She
didn't want them seeing Arden like this -- they were jealous enough already.
the angel being so near, and vulnerable, -- that would be too fun for them.
During the night Arden would whimper, and shake -- burrowing into the arms
of the other in what Paxton could only assume was nightmare of the months
passed. It pained her, pressed down on the cracks that already had invaded
the shell of her heart. She grasped the blonde close, shushing involuntarily
hoping the keep Arden at rest, even with the restless nature of it - Arden
needed it. Even the darkest of sleep is better than going without it for days.
The demon had passed out before morning, knowing such by waking to the
sun piercing through the fabric of her bedroom's curtains -- her waking
was bittersweet, -- she hadn't meant to fall asleep, and her sudden alert
had woken the blonde in her hold -- to a place she didn't recognize.
" I'm not -- this isn't -- "
Pax could see it, -- fear -- confusion -- panic;
all within cerulean irises as the angel hurriedly got up, taking half of the
sheets with her in the process -- she was running -- to who knows where.
did she even know?
" Arden - Arden - No. "
She didn't bother grabbing a sheet, a shirt -- anything.
the fear that Arden would leave invading all thought and reason.
" Hey - hey - shh.
look at me - look at -
Arden, it's me - hey.
You're safe, Arden. "
Paxton cupped the blonde's cheeks lightly, rubbing a thumb over her lips.
her voice barely over a whisper - a worry that she would scare the other
further.
" It's okay - I'm here.
y o u 'r e s a f e . "