His eyes opened. Even with their dark coloring, the moon outside lit them up like a demon's eyes. Terrible yet entrancing simultaneously. He rose up in front of her, moving the fringe out of his face. There was the makings of a small beard on his chin and upper lip, though at the moment it simply looked like shadow. Perhaps in a few days it might become a goatee. He gave a smile that showed his teeth. "Now we escape." he told her, the words coming out as if he had already slit the guard's throats himself. 

"Stay close to me." He whispered, and headed out of the jail cell, holding her hand gently until they were in the hallway, his mind purely on their surroundings. 

Men loudly cursed and yelled as the wolf apparently had one of the men's hands in its mouth, snarling and yanking. Swords were drawn and the telltale footpadding of the wolf running out of the doors was evident. Markus pressed against the stone wall and took a breath, before stepping out into the main hall of the prison to see one guard, alone and spreading his hands over the desk at the front of the corridor, searching for something. 

"Hey," Markus said casually, grabbing his attention after already being a mere four paces from him. The man's eyes widened. "Looking for the keys? We found a few back that way." 

The guard's hesitation was all Markus needed, and as he drew out his sword, the rakish man sprang, grabbing the man's drawing arm and keeping the sword in its hilt, before allowing it to be yanked out. He kicked the guard's leg, sending it in an awkward angle and subsequently disarmed him with a well timed elbow strike and quick hands. The guard was felled after he was pummeled by the hilt of his own sword. 

Despite the fact he was armed, Markus didn't want this blade. He tossed it on the ground and approached the weapon's rack, finding a bastard sword that he greeted like an old friend. The door open, cool air flowed into the prison. A kiss of freedom. After he holstered the weapon to his belt, Markus gave Raelynn a look. "We need to make it to the walls before they get back."