Evening •••
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"Calen?", Dante paused at the stairway with searching eyes. He'd returned about an hour ago to get some rest, but Vanessa still hadn't arrived.
"My lord?", on appearing beside his master, the butler bowed.
"The woman hasn't returned, go fetch her from Ishtar". After Calen disappeared, he began to wonder just what Ishtar might be doing with Vanessa. There was no chance she was torturing her, right?
He gritted his teeth in annoyance before shaking his head. There was no way his sister would torture her.
It took about fifteen minutes before Calen returned with Ishtar, they both wore worried expressions on their faces.
"She not back yet? Are you sure, brother?". Ishtar walked closer to the rails below where Dante stood.
He arched a brow, "What kind of question is that? You mean she's not with you?!".