Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
The next thing I know a small arm wraps around number two’s throat and his head is whipped to the side as Jena breaks his neck. She lets him drop in front of me with a crazed look in her eye.
“Jena. Jena! The keys, Jena. We have to go.”
I shouted at her, sure someone somewhere felt those three die. A true Alpha would have felt them die.
She blinks a few times then seems to come back to the present as she rushes over to get the keys from where she dropped them and releases me.
“Where now?” She asks me.
“No idea.”
“WHAT!? We just killed three people for you NOT to know where to go next?”
“The girl said the Moon Goddess would guide us.”
As I finish the sentence a small flash goes off to my right and my wolf nudges me, so I take off, Jena hot on my heels. I don’t stop to admire the scenery, but we are in some kind of underground dungeon or prison. There are hallways lined with doors like ours. The stone that lines the walls and floor is caked in years worth of dirt and mold and who knows what else.
Two more turns and then we reach a stone staircase. I can see light through the cracks in the wooden door that seems to be set into the floor at the top of the stairs like a cellar. We can hear voices too, but they are too muffled to make out what is being said, but the smell of cooked meats and vegetables tells me it’s probably the kitchen.
“Where now? If we stay here too long we are going to get caught.”
“I know, but I haven’t seen any other signs yet. Give me a minute.”
I take another look around and there it is a flash at the end of the hall, just past the stairs. “There.”
I point. “We have to get past the stairs unseen then through that door.”
We both take a deep breath in and then start running. We don’t look around or behind us, which probably isn’t the smartest idea, but we are just focused on getting to the door. Once we both reach the shadow of the stairs I quietly turn the handle and crack the door open, ready to fight, but wanting some kind of idea of what we might be up against. The dark room only has one candle lit in the center, which is about the same illumination we always have. I really hope it isn’t in the middle of the day when we get outside or we will both be blind.
Just as I step forward a hand reaches out to grab me and I instinctively take a swing.
“F*ck! I guess I deserved that, but seriously that f*cking hurt.”
Robbie is holding his ear. He reaches out for me again as I move to step around him. “Don’t step in the circle. It’s the witch’s wheel. That totem is what is keeping us hidden and our scent blocked. Once you step through it you become a part of the spell. It is energized by each person that crosses into it and it’s permanently binding.”
He gives me a paine look..
That’s what the girl meant by taking out as many people as I could on my way out of here. It weakens the spell Mike has going. I just nod.
“Let’s get you out of here.”
Robbie turns and Jena grabs my arm.
“He’s one of them.”
She hisses. “Why are you trusting him?”
Really I have no idea, but the girl said trust my instincts and I don’t think Robbie wants to hurt me. I don’t think he ever wanted to hurt me, he didn’t want me involved. That’s why he was always irritated when Mina and I were around.
“I just do, let’s go. I’ll explain when we are out of this hellhole.”
She stays close to me, but I can feel her tension spike. She’s looking for the trap she thinks he’s set and I probably should too.
We move around the dark circular room, into another hallway that is definitely not used based on the smell of decaying rodents. I’m very glad for my wolf senses so I can see without the help of any light and I hate them based on the smell that is giving me a stomach ache. I can feel and smell us going higher and higher. The incline of the narrow passage is getting steeper, but it is so tight that I can put a hand out and use the walls on either side of me to help propel me forward. The air is getting thinner and cleaner. I can smell the fresh spring air as we get closer to the surface. I have no idea how long we have been walking, my sense of time has been badly skewed. Something about not having a window or a clock will do that to a person.
We finally get to an entrance and Robbie stops, putting his hand out to keep us from going around him and running mindlessly to our freedom.
“Wait. There’s a patrol out right now. We need to time this right. It won’t be long until your absence is noticed and trust me Mike was blown and ready for you both tonight.”
“That is so gross.”
I let the stutter roll through me. “He is probably cursed and is firing blanks if he’s having that much s*x and not getting any of the girls pregnant.”
I quip trying to see what Robbie sees.
“Not for me, I have an IUD. That f*cker was just too stupid to think to check.”
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