The Roma and Her Demon, Part 2: The Trouble with Yubel
Once back inside Notre Dame, Quasimodo gently laid Esmeralda down onto a smooth wooden pew in the quiet, candle-lit nave of the cathedral, while Phoebus stood watch near the heavy doors, listening carefully for any sounds of Frollo's men regrouping outside. "We should be safe in here for a while," Quasimodo told the others. "Yes—but only for a while," Esmeralda reminded him, still relatively weak from the aftereffects of Yubel's magic. "Frollo is not going to stop until he gets what he wants—and he wants me dead for defying him." "And there's a good chance that this time, he won't let any trivial rule like Sanctuary keep him from trying to achieve that," Quasimodo reasoned. "But in the meantime, Esmeralda, you need to explain a few things." "Such as?" Esmeralda prompted. Quasimodo rubbed the back of his neck, and responded while trying to process everything he had recently witnessed. "Let's start wi...
