"I just...was curious..." Her soft voice was shaking and he could hear the what he thought was terror lurking at the back of her voice. The rain was beginning to come down in sheets, lightening flashed a short distance away and the thunder was an almost instantaneous crack that rolled through the sky. He tensed as the storm continued to intensify.<br/><br/>"It's not safe here!" He snapped, "There's a safer place. We have to move now!" He grabbed her arm, his hand engulfing her wrist as well as most of the forearm. Dragging the young woman behind him, he ran back through the courtyard and around the side. The kitchen entrance was not far and the kitchen was one of the places he had kept maintained over the years. It was a safe place they could wait.<br/><br/>As they rounded the last corner, the lightening struck again. The sharp crack as it hit the old astrology tower was distinctive as he had heard the sound of lightening striking various parts of the castle over the years. The tower would still be standing after the storm due to some spell the old wizard cast. William couldn't remember his name anymore, just that he had resided in the tower before the curse.<br/><br/>He pulled the young woman down a short flight of stairs and through a curtain of vines that covered the kitchen entrance. Once they were in the kitchen, he pushed her over to the stools surrounding the large work table and then leaned against the table himself.<br/><br/>"Curious?" He asked bluntly. "So you just decided to go poking around? Haven't enough people disappeared to stop people like you from being curious?"