Nerves

I squeeze him back and whisper "He's helping me... I think." Kian loosens his grip a little as I lean back and look him over with concern. As my eyes and hands search for injuries, he grabs my hands and kisses them both before saying "I'm fine, dollface. Are you hurt? Did they do anything to you? Why are you covered in blood?"

I shake my head 'No' as I say "It's not my blood. How did you know I was here?" He gives me a dark smirk and says "It's not the first time I've seen heavenly lightning. As soon as you were taken, I came looking for you it's just hard to navigate this place. There are three different levels so it took me a while..." 

The Elder starts chuckling behind me before he starts outright laughing. Kian and I turn around to see him slap his knee and say "Please tell me you left a mess in the other two levels!" Kian blinks and says "I almost destroyed everything in search of her..."