Herald of Vengeance

Tortures, No Blades

The shadow approached further and soon enough, a figure was standing between the two sides of the door.

It was no strange figure, Hermes realized. He stared again to be sure, but there was no way he could mistake the face for any reason, not even in that darkness.

"You?" He muttered, shocked and perhaps unwilling to accept this clear fact before him.

"You know him too?" He could hear Jack's voice from a distance even though the later was seated right in front of him.

And then Dan's voice came to him as well just as the man at the door started walking towards them. Dan said, "I told you, Hermes. You have met with him before, even though you do not know it".

The figure approached closer and finally came to stand directly before Hermes, just a few metres away. As Hermes would expect, it did not seem to be because he was scared that Hermes would miraculously set himself free and take his life. He just stood there, wearing an half satisfied expression and perhaps taking pleasure in the sce