Malene: 18. Silenus: 10

He looks deep into her eyes and pulls her close to his face. She’s terrified of what he’ll do. She’s fully at his mercy and she knows he wants her body, even if it would mean forcing her to fail her quest himself. He looks deep into her eyes and whispers: “Run.”

He releases her hair and she falls the short distance to the ground. Not wasting time, Malene bolts for the door, somewhat shielded by Silenus.

She grabs at the door and yanks. It opens and she sees the light of an exit at the top of a set of stone stairs. Malene starts climbing as she hears the din of the head mage’s displeasure through the closing door. She couldn’t care less. She was close to her freedom.

She bursts through the door into the sunlight and keeps running, not fully aware of what direction she’s going.