"So, this is where he stays." Rue uttered while looking around the room. It fits for one and it looks old but clean with a single bed. There's no hole inside the room aside from the door, and when she checks the security of the door, it's well secured from the outside.
"This door is made layered with fine wood, and it's lock is customized from outside. It won't be open from the inside." Demitri explained when he noticed her scanning and making sure of the security in the room.
She just nodded at his comment.
"Did anyone saw the intruder's face?" Rue asked as she looks at the guard standing beside the door.
Demitri turned his gaze to her then looks at the guard, also waiting for his response.
"Yes, Señorita, but it's identity is unidentifiable. The guard who saw him is already sent to testify and describe it's appearance." The guard answered with certainty.
"It's a he? What does he look like?" Rue asked in curiosity after she heard his statement.
"The guard described him wearing a long clothe covering his entire body with a hood," he paused as he cleared his throat.
"His voice is deep as the ocean and has an exquisitely handsome face." He continued, holding his expressionless face.
Rue's eyebrows meet in the middle. She still doesn’t have any hint where did the intruder came from but she has a thought that he must come from powerful clan, having the gut entering their castle and let a prisoner escaped.
"Exquisite beauty of a man?" Rue's eyes turned to Demitri when he suddenly speaks.
"Yes, Sir. It's inconceivable but that's what the witness says." The guard immediately response to his question.
Demitri nodded. With his serious face and fierce eyes, no one could guess what's running to his head at the moment.
"Thanks for the information. You can now leave." Rue ordered hastily. And the guard leave as she says without hesitation.
"You know the face of this Xenos, right?" She asked while looking at Demitri just after the guard left from the door.
"Of course. Why?" He questioned briskly. He seems to be annoyed.
Rue noticed his impatient response.
"Don't give me that attitude. Earlier you were justㅡ" she paused as though searching for the right word "shy as the deer." she concluded as she gives him a half smile. Her words were a teasing reminder of what he has done earlier.
Demitri looked at her intently with his glaring eyes but she didn't even flinch. Instead, she rolled her eyes in disbelief. She just puts into her mind that this guy must just really has a bipolar problem.
"Going back to what I have asked, we need his face to track his location." Rue explained, crossing her arms over her chest.
He looked at her with a reluctant face. His eyes, looking at her, trying to comprehend what she just said.
"You see, I have this ring." She showed the back of her hand to him. "This will help us find him." She said with complete confidence.
His eyebrows slightly furrowed. "That easy? Are youㅡ"
"You can just tell me in the face that you don't trust what I'm saying." She interrupted curtly while looking at him with a sarcastic look.
He harshly shut his eyes as his chest slowly move upwardly then took a heavy sigh. His mouth partly open and ready to say something but he still chooses not to argue.
"Will you just continue what you're trying to say." He said at the end with a creased eyebrow.
She mentally rolled her eyes. "This ring, I had it from a trusted friend. As long as you know this person and what kind of creature she or he is, you will find it." She explained while looking directly at his eyes. And he just stared at her with a blank expression.
"You just have to say the phrase in order for the spell to work and I know the basic spells. Easy, right?" She continued as she looks at the ring in her pointer finger.
"But it will consume some of your strength based on how long you're using it. Especially when you're in their domain." She added then her gaze looked up to him. It was a statement of warning.
"You've been there before?" Demitri suddenly asked. His expressionless face didn't change while his eyes were almost looking into her soul.
Rue knew that there's something in his look but she couldn't tell what it is. She tried not to look away but then her eyes landed on her ring.
"Yeah. One time and it's a Demi Demon." She answered simply. Not wanting to explain further details. Because it reminds her how that Demi Demon killed Gino in her hands. Her lame reason pissed her off and she can't do anything about it.
While Demitri looking at her intently, noticed how her expression slowly changes. And it seems like she's fallen into a deep thought. He cleared his throat to caught her attention.
"Let's begin. We shouldn't be wasting our time." His words were blunt and clipped.
She glanced up to see his knitted eyebrows. "Look who asked such question." She murmured, almost whispering.
He lifts his left eyebrow at her, but she just rolled her eyes at him.
"Since you're the one who knows his face, you have to hold my hand and I cast the spell while you're thinking of him." She said one after the other, not giving him a chance to protest.
His eyes become fiercer as he looks away, then lift his hand as if he doesn't have a choice.
Rue just shook her head with his reaction and held his hand.
"Close your eyes and I want you to think of him." She ordered. And he closed his eyes with his eyebrow still knitted. She then closed her eyes as well and started chanting.
"Găsește-mă unde sunt lucrurile sălbatice." She whispered. They slowly open their eyes when they hear a noise from their surroundings.
Rue looked around, she noticed that they're at the alley. The cars and people walking pass to their spot. And she can clearly hear every person's flesh and heartbeat. With no doubt, she concluded that they're at the city of living mortals.