The fire must have died during the scuffle for soon the natural cold of the cave started to take over the warm air that had once filled it. Nyx could feel her body shiver from, though in her tired state, only pulled the blanket up further. The rocks bore no moisture which left the woman unable to heat herself that way.
But soon, a warmth started to fill her. She knew not the source, but the feeling was welcome and so close. Nuzzling deeper into it, the woman found her mind lulling back off into a peaceful slumber once again.
Eleanor could feel the male beside her shift; was he starting to wake as well now?
"Stop moving," she whispered to him, her eyes falling to her lap.
"If you wake them and they panic, he'll wake next."
Though, there was a part of her that wished the red head would move. Somehow during the night he had managed to not only wrap his arms around her, but his legs as well. The arm she had offered to him was pinned at an uncomfortable, upward angle
Eleanor's free arm was scratching the black flesh between the ear bone and brow bone on one of the twins. The two had decided to join Eleanor and Melik while they slept; one lay across the woman's legs, head pressed against her stomach while the other lay across Melik's legs, their head also against the woman's stomach.
On the other side of the room, the lower half of the door way was blocked by a massive
figure. Its head was tucked as close to its body as those massive horns would allow; the breathing was slow and even as the creature still slept.
"You don't want that one to wake with a start," she then whispered to the entangled male.
Back in the other room, Nyx started to stir. She was feeling much better after that sleep, far better than she had in a long time. She went to stretch, but she didn't seem to be able to pull her arms up. She couldn't back up either. What was going on?
The woman's aqua eyes snapped open to see something in front of her, a figure, one that didn't register as familiar to her. She inhaled sharply before an instinctive shriek came from her lips as she pushed as hard as she could off the figure, sending herself to the cold floor below.
Though being in a literal dog pile wasn't Eleanor's ideal way of waking up, she wasn't about to bother the Twins that had come to snuggle up with them. She was just about to close her eyes to just rest until they awoke on their own until a high pitched scream echoed across the walls.
Eleanor's eyes snapped open as quickly as the beast at the door got to his feet. On all fours, the creature was nearly as tall as the door and far to wide to fit through. His massive horns, at least three feet in length, clattered across the stone as he stood. The beast let loose a loud roar the echoed far worse than the scream had. It tried to fit through the doorway, his horns once again making a sickening smacking noise as they smacked smooth rock, only one horn actually getting through the door way.
It wasn't the time to let the Twins sleep anymore, not that they were, they had bounded up just as quick as their friend. Eleanor bolted up to her feet and towards the door, sliding under the creature's stomach with ease.
"You might not want to stay in there with him," she called back to Melik as the Twins ran with the woman.
Once one the floor, the face of the man that held her finally focused and clicked in her mind. Unfortunately, that realization also came with a nearby deafening roar. Nyx jumped, covering her ears from the sudden loud noise.
People crowded around the door, though they looked confused. Then they parted to reveal the brunette, two three foot bony hounds at her side, sniffing and growling at any attempt of a threat.
"Nyx, what happened," Eleanor asked, her eyes wide, her voice worried as she looked at the woman. The look Nyx gave though? That sheepish smile was probably the worst thing she could have done. Eleanor's gaze hardened as she looked at the Twins.
"Go calm your Brother," she told them and they seemed to happily trot off after the beast that was making an audible attempt to break down the wall; fortunately, the room was too small for him to get any sort of momentum or height to do so.
Eleanor then slumped down to a squat, her head resting in her hands as she shook it. The others started parting away as well, the excitment clearly over nothing.