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For the Witchery Monster Bingo prompts "dark tunnels" and "tentacles"
Chapters: 4/? Words: 8,118 Fandom: The Witcher (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach/Yennefer of Vengerberg, Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach & Yennefer of Vengerberg, Jaskier | Dandelion & Yennefer of Vengerberg Characters: Yennefer of Vengerberg, Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach, Dermain, Ba'lian, Jaskier | Dandelion Additional Tags: Curses, POV Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Language Barrier, pet acquisition, Fluff and Humor, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach Has a Bad Time, Enemies to Lovers, idiots to lovers, Jaskier is a good friend, Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach Whump Excerpt from Chapter 4:
They trudge on and on through the darkness of the sewers for what feels like endless hours to Yennefer. And the longer it takes, the more tense she becomes. Her toad has been drifting in and out of sleep - or maybe unconsciousness, how would she be able to tell the difference? - but it is alive, which is something. As they had to repeatedly wade through the stinking, dirty water on very treacherous ground, she put it back into her pocket so she would have both hands free in case she slipped. It is a lot safer like this and, of course, Yennefer frequently - and more anxiously than she would ever admit to anybody, including herself - checks on the little animal. However, there is something else besides her worry for her unusual pet. At first, Yennefer thought it was the rats that scurry away in droves as soon as they round a corner, but after the first few times she has gotten used to the inevitable rodents. They are no danger to the nightly wanderers anyway. And yet, she feels the constant urge to turn around and check if something is following them. Has she grown paranoid during the escape from Thanedd? Or is she imagining things because of the many Witcher stories Geralt told her about horrible and very deadly monsters? Whatever the reason may be, somehow Yennefer has the very disconcerting feeling that some ancient evil is lurking in the depths of the sewers, something dark and dangerous which even Dermain's optimism cannot dispel. Again and again she glances back over her shoulder. But nothing. No drowners or nekkers are suddenly rising from the murky water, nor man-eating fish or gigantic alligators or krakens. Yennefer sighs. How she yearns to leave the stinking sewers behind!
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