<div style="text-align: center">Questor:<br/>​</div>The female panther looked up at Laylah with what looked to be a smile at the name and Midnight grunted. "I think that the name has been accepted. Welcome Nyx." Dante chuckled. Midnight moved forward and rubbed up againt Nyx and the two settled down by the fire place. Nyx was still a bit nervous and watched Dante and Laylah. But Dante was confident that she would get use to them. The rest of the night was quiet. The servants/drivers slept in the wagon. In the morning they were up and hitching up the horses. Dante was also up fixing some food for them and for him and Laylah. It wasn't something as fancy as what was made at the castle but it was good. He had opened the door to the building so that the two panthers could go out and do their business and by the time they returned Dante had the meal ready for everyone. Nyx and Midnight would hunt later that day. "I hope you slept well. I know it is not as comfortable as the beds at the castle but, as I said before, better then sleeping on the ground.' he handed her a plate of food and called in the two servants.<br/><br/>The looks on their faces when they saw there were now two panthers was priceless. They were use to Midnight and he ignored them as if they were not there. But Nyx was growling and tense as they came in. Dante gently petted her head and talked to her. "They are not going to hurt you or bother you. You are going to have to get use to other people. Midnight will teach you. You now have to learn to get along with others like us. But there will be times when it will be alright to tear someone apart." e grinned. "Again Midnight will teach you who is good and who is bad." He looked over at Midnight and he gave a low growl of sorts. Handing the servants their food they sat down at the table and ate, but kept an eye on Nyx. It was a bit amussing to see. Soon enough it was time to go. Another day of traveling, stopping to fix something to eat at noon and moving on to the next Way Station along the road. So it went for the next two days as well. Dante was surprised that they had not been attacked by then. He was sure Valkar would have sent someone after them. If he did they were patient and probably studying them form a good distance.<br/><br/>Finally, they came to the mine. It was a gold mine and smelting plant. The raw ore would be brought out, separated from the rock and then melted and poured into bars. Here he had many slaves and criminals that mined the gold. He had a force of demons that guarded the slaves, an overseer and a couple of accountants. He had noticed some inconsitancies in the books that were sent to him on the amount of gold produced. That was one reason he was there. It was something only one schooled in accounting could detect and he was. It seemed that one of the accountants at the mine was sending him a message.<br/><br/>It was midmorning when they arrived. Helping Laylah out of the carriage he looked around at the mine. He saw the slaves and criminals moving from the mine to the processing plant and then back to the mine. They did not look good. They looked thin and wore out. This did not please him one bit. The look on his face told alot. When the Mine Supervisor came out of his office, home, he smiled at Dante and was overly weloming nice, saying it was good to see Dante and that there was really no need for his visit, that everything was going well. He gave the lower demon a look that made the man shutter and back up.<br/><br/>That is when two Male Angels came out of the processing building. Immediately a lower demon with a whip began to whip them. To more angels he had no idea that he owned, and it looked as if the demon was enjoying what he was doing and that just made Dante fly into a rage. He charged the demon and with a powerful right hook raised the demon off the ground and back a foot or two where he fell to the ground. Dante picked up the whip and began beating the demon with it savagely. "These are my slaves, and I did not give you permission to use a whip on them or any of my slaves. The demon was screaming for mercy and pleading with Dante. Dante only stopped to call a couple other demons over. "Chains. Chain this piece of filth and send him to the mines. The demon on the ground looked horrified.<br/><br/>He turned to the Supervisor, anger still in his eyes and face and him holding the whip. He moved up to him and where Laylah stood now. He looked over at her, "See to them. Make sure they are alright and if they need something get it for them." Then to the Supervisor. "Perhaps I should turn this on you! You have allowed that guard to use it on the slaves, my slaves." He grabbed the man by his shirt and pulled him closer. It looks as if it was a good thing I did come here!" he pushed the demon away and then looked at the surprised guards. "Bring them all out of the mine, there is no more work today. Now!" the guards ran to do his bidding.