Sea hounds

His talons poked her neck while his lips grazed her earlobe.

His masculine scent flooded her nostrils and her throat moved up and down. The level of dominance that even flowed from his deep voice was enough to subdue her, an imperial princess!

Zelda yearned for more. She forgot they were on a mission and wanted him to touch her but Cristian didn't.

And when Zelda saw his eyes void of the heat she felt, she lost hope.

"Do you hear that?" Cristian suddenly asked a question that made her ears twitch. "I hear it. It's like the wall is..."

"Moving." He added solemnly.

Increasing their pace, they met the others, who were alarmed because the movement of the walls had become loud enough for everyone to hear.

The wall at their right moved back and was replaced by another, which had the corpse of an adventurer killed by a short sword.

Without a doubt, he was killed by another adventurer.