Jay was still on his hands and knees, his entire body was shaking. He had a large amount of panic attacks and was slapped a couple times but he shook his head without saying a word and panicked even more after seeing the state that Dorian was, "Dorian…" His voice came out as a weak and fearful whisper as he stared at him, tears in his eyes.
Dorian offered a small smile, slowly making his way over to Jay. He leaned against the wall and once again, took Jay's hand in his own, giving it a small, reassuring squeeze, "It's okay, I'm here now…" He kissed the back of Jay's hand softly, releasing a shaky breath afterwards.
Jay started to cry as he pushed himself as close as he could to Dorian, tightly holding onto his hand, “I-I want you with m-me…” He remembered his idea from earlier and nervously spoke, “W-we…have to escape…”
Dorian nodded a little in agreement, "Yeah… we do…" He sighed softly and thought for a few moments, "when the next set of guards come, we need a way to take the keys…"
“Next time they come it’ll be with food. I can grab the keys then. You know how good I am at getting stuff like that.” Jay weakly smirked, “I doubt this’ll offend you, but I hate the king so much…” Footsteps echoed down the hall and in a few moments the guards were there, with food.
“Don’t worry, I hate him too.” Dorian mumbled, watching as the guards walked into Jay’s cell and placed the food down in front of him. The guard gave them a disgusted look as he did so.
Jay flinched at the look but quickly and quietly grabbed the keys when the guard turned and hid them behind his back.
Dorian resisted the urge to reach through the bars and punch the guard in the face as he left, bringing in another tray of food from him.
Once the guards left, Jay Waite a few minutes then quickly unlocked his cuffs and door. Then he went to Dorian's cell and unlocked his door as well.
As soon as the door was open, the first thing Dorian did was embrace Jay in a hug, resting his chin atop his head.
Jay hugged back, his face against Dorian’s neck, “Dorian…” he smiled
Dorian smiled softly, kissing the top of his head, “Jay…”
“I love you…”. He pulled away unwillingly, “We have to escape…”
“I love you too,” Henreplied, giving Jay a quick kiss on the nose, “Come on, we have to get out of here.”
Jay lightly blushed then grabbed his hand and starting looking into the dark, “Is there a secret tunnel down here? I know came down here a lot with your mother and you two would explore, right?”
Dorian nodded, leading the Jay through the darkness, “There’s one that leads to the stables not far from here.”
“Awesome!” Jay made sure he always knew where Dorian was or he would end up getting lost.
Dorian was them through the passageways, avoiding the occasional guard. Soon they came to a dead end, but when Dorian pulled on a hidden lever, the wall opened up.
Jay looked around cautiously, gripping Dorian’s arm out of nervousness and jumped every time he heard a noise.
Dorian smiled slightly, pulling Jay close to his body as they walked.
Jay smiled and followed him closely through the hidden hallway, “How much farther?”
“Not much, it’s just round here.” Dorian replied, feeling the wall with his hand.
Jay nodded, reaching the end of her hall, "Finally!"
Dorian eventually came to a small lever and pulled. The wall slowly slid open, revealing the outdoors.
Jay looked into the dark moonlit sky and smiled. Then he started looking for the stables, "We should get a horse and go through the woods."
Dorian nodded, leading the way by following an old path he knew, "Good idea. There's a small twon not far from here, we can rest there."
“Okay,” Jay followed him trying to stay quiet so no one would know they were there.
It wasn’t long before they were at the stables. Luckily, no one was around and Dorian knew how to saddle up his own black made, Knox. He got to work quickly.
Jay watched him and all the other horses in the stable, he had only fed and cleaned before. So watching Dorian saddle Knox up was interesting to watch.
Dorian saddled his horse up quickly with expert skill. Even though he only had to do this a few times in the past couple years, he knew how to do it swiftly. Soon, he was motioning for Jay to come over.