Hearing me, Marianne began to move her head from side to side as if searching for my voice. “Onyx... Is that you?” she whispered nervously.
“Shh, don't make a sound. Yes, it's me,” I said.
“But... but how...?”
She didn't even finish speaking before I interrupted her. “I followed them when they took you out of the kingdom. I've been hiding for hours. But I promise I'll get you out of here. Now. I need you to...”
“What? No! Onyx, you have to go now! If they find you, things will be much worse. Go now!” Marianne said over and over again.
Despite her words, I couldn't leave her in the hands of those bastards. They were even planning to abuse her!
With that in mind, I ignored her words and, baring my fangs, moved a little closer to the rope she was holding behind her back.
“No... please,
