<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/7b/2a/07/7b2a0723c7ba76185e522ce51fccb7d2.jpg)<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Adan Hathsin</strong></span></span></div></div>Adan squinted through the rain and noticed her cheek already starting to swell, though it did not take away from her beauty.  Seemed blasphemous to put such a mark on something so precious, like a smear across a painting from one of the artists of old.  It would heal in time, and he had other worries to occupy his mind.  The main thing was that he was able to prevent further damage, and get her out of there safely.<br/><br/>He leaned against the tree, his weight braced by his shoulder, and looked toward the door to make sure none of the others came looking for them, though he hoped the rain would convince them that it wasn’t worth the trouble.  He still listened to her, the chatty thing, and would have offered more to the conversation had Corbin not appeared behind him.<br/><br/>“I’ll be sure to purchase a fine vintage later for that very purpose,” he offered, eyebrow raised with a hint of mirth in his eyes that indicated he was adding more to that sentence in his head.  Some things were better kept to oneself, especially in front of present company.  Corbin certainly didn’t need any encouragement.<br/><br/>He raised hands to his head and combed nimble fingers through that thick auburn hair, slicking it back from his forehead so it was out of the way as rain continued to pour down his body.  “I think it would have been disrupted either way; you are hardly to blame.”<br/><br/>She spoke again, and he looked back to the second floor of the building, then the stables, then Corbin.  Since he felt partially responsible for putting her in such a position, he felt the need to at least help her get her things.  And, to ask the question that always tempted fate - What harm could it do?  “You get the gear while I get the horse?”  They both knew Adan was better equipped to handle animals, and the demon would likely just end up spooking the beast.  “I’ll need a description,” he said, turning back to the woman.