#daudrie

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@madraaga

“Don’t really got anywhere to go, so..”

“But you’re free now, Kitten. I let you go. I figured you’d go back to your brothers. I’m sure they miss you.” There was a sadness in the assassin’s eyes. She knew no one would miss her if something happened. She was actually disappointed with herself that she had grown so attached to the other that she was sad to let him go. 

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Daudrie couldn't believe the stupid birds had not only caught her, but that they had kept her alive. They had gotten magic collars from the Falcons that could prevent a snake from shifting. It could also force them to shift if the person with the magic control bracelet wished so. They hadn't let her shift in weeks. She glared at them from inside the cage they were keeping her in. They had been on a ship and she was just getting over her seasickness when the docked. They dragged her through the streets of a strange city, fighting tooth and nail the entire way. Before long they arrived at a palace and she was brought inside to an audience chamber where a man with red hair and a goatee sat. "Your Highness," said the avian who was "escorting" her. "A gift for you in good faith from the avian nation. She is a cobra shapeshifter. The collar she wears will keep her from shifting against your will so long as you wear his bracelet," he explained holding up a gold bracelet.

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"I'll be fine, darling, don't worry about me" he could feel his strength trickling back now he was free of his binding although the magic dampening collar was still giving him issues. "It's you i'm worried about." He managed to make his way to Raife's side, carefully checking over his arms

“I’m fi-” he started, but cut off with a cry of pain as he tried to move his arms to wipe away the tears in his eyes. Instead they started falling. “They didn’t want me to fly away...” he said softly, looking at the ground. “I didn’t want to leave you behind anyway...” He also wasn’t sure how long it had been since he’d last been down here. He probably should have been long dead by now. What would people say if he just suddenly showed up at the Hawk’s Keep?

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Hermes struggled to return to Raife, grabbing the hand that seized his hair to try an alleviate the pain. He tried to concentrate on what she was saying, catching snippets as his attention ran around the room. "Just don't hurt him, look after him" Hermes knew he could survive a lot longer like this than Raife could, determined to keep him safe no matter what the cost to himself.

“Deal,” she said. She released the god’s hair. Then she unbound his wrists and left the room, locking the door behind her. Raife was breathing hard with the pain of two broken arms, tears in his eyes. 

“Hermes?” he whispered. He was shaking. “Are you okay?”

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Hermes managed to get to his feet, stumbling over to Raife and shielding him from Daudrie's gaze. He cupped his hawk's face with his bound hands, "Raife i'm sorry" his vision swam as another bout of exhaustion hit him, eyes unfocusing despite his fight to remain conscious. Raife needed him, this was not a time to fall.

Daudrie could see how weak the god was. She grabbed him by his hair and dragged him away from Raife. “Tell you what? I won’t kill the hawk, if you cooperate. I’ll even treat him decently. Put one foot out of like though, and he pays for it. You’re going to help us take down the Hawks Keep.”

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Hermes only managed a whimper as he hit the floor. His whole body hurt from having held the same position for the duration of the week. He managed to look up as Raife was pushed into the room, his blood running cold. "No..." He croaked, voice hoarse, throat parched. He tried to push himself up weakly "no...Raife..."

Raife was able to tear his eyes away from Daudrie at the sound of the voice. He rushed over to him. “Hermes!” He assumed the god would be able to protect him from the cobra, but upon reaching him, realized how weak the other was. He stood tall, between Hermes and Daudrie. “What did you do to him?” he asked coldly, falling back on his avain reserve. 

This caused Daudrie to narrow her eyes. “I haven’t done anything yet...well except not feeding him and keeping him from sleeping.” She moved quickly, grabbing Raife by the hair and throwing him across the room. He slammed against the wall, hard. 

“You’re not so tough without your poisoned weapons little hawk.” She walked over to him, ignoring Hermes behind her in favor of stepping on the hawk to keep him down and breaking his other arm. He cried out in pain. 

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Hermes was determined not to break but by the time a week was up he was delirious from lack of rest, his stomach ached and growled emptily and his arms hurt enough to bring tears even to god's eye.

At the end of the week Daudrie took Hermes down from the hook and let him fall to the floor. Before she could say anything though there was a knock on the door. She turned and glared at it. “What?” she snapped. 

“We found the hawk,” a voice called from the other side of the door. She grinned wickedly.

“Bring him in.” The door opened and Raife was shoved into the room stumbling. He was clutching his right arm to his chest and it was clearly broken. He froze in place when he caught eyes with Daudrie. He’d always been told as a child that a cobra’s gaze could paralyze and avian on the spot. He felt that now, as he was unable to move, heartrate and breath quickening with fear. He hadn’t noticed Hermes yet. 

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@madraaga

The assassin was in the dungeons torturing some poor soul to death. She had a creepy grin on her face that indicated she had snapped again. When she grew bored with killing down there she wandered upstairs again, the grin never leaving her face. People took one look at her and ran in the other direction or hid. Even her brothers and sisters didn’t like to deal with her when she was like this. She found her way to her room, where Kouha was and entered, shutting and looking the door behind her, a cruel glint in her eyes.