"Take her. Go." He said, just as softly. Demitri grabbed her by the arm and hauled her to the now visible cavern mouth and toward the almost Stygian darkness of the woods beyond. She tried to turn back to see what had happened, but Demitri's pull on her arm was insistent and she had to pay attention to keep from stumbling as she followed. In the end she saw and heard nothing.
They paused just at the edge of the woods and waited. A few moments later he appeared at the mouth of the tunnel. She pulled from Demitri's now much lighter grip and ran toward him. "Are you all right? What happened?"
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