Strelitzia carefully picked her way around the traps that lined the corridor to the cells. They were nothing if not thorough about the prisoner's remaining prisoners. It had been so long since she'd last been down there but she remembered the way from when Ray'ven showed her. Bynx and Strel had been coaxed into going on an adventure down there by the little princess at the time.
Strelitzia peeked into each cell until she finally found where they'd left him. The lines from the sandal faded from his face. Luckily he hadn't been more hurt.
Once again he'd protected her just to end up captured and starved. "James." Her voice came out louder than she'd meant. The stones made the room echoey.
James was snuggled up with his hat when he heard Strelitzia say his name, immediately causing his eyes to crack open. "You shouldn't be here." His voice was soft yet deep from sleepiness.