Chapter 0700 Nina

"Are you coming or not, little wolf?"

Luke and I shot each other an uneasy look as the man stood in front of us with his unlit lantern.

"Where are you taking us?" I asked tentatively.

The man huffed. "To the queen," he said annoyedly. "And if you don't hurry, we might be too late for your husband. The ritual only takes so long."

That was all the convincing I needed. Despite Luke's worried glance, I followed the man out the door and back into the humid air. More onlookers had gathered now, intrigued by our sudden appearance, but I hardly noticed then with my thoughts churning so dizzyingly.

I didn't know where exactly we were going, but as long as it brought us closer to Enzo, then I would take whatever I could get.

Over the next half hour, our silent guide threaded his way easily between lush tropical foliage without glancing back or slowing to match our clumsy foreign footsteps. I stumbled over tangled roots in an attempt to keep up, my skin caked with sweat from the heat and the damp air.

you slow down a little?" Luke called out, his arm catching my elbow when I nearly fell over an exposed root. But the man didn't look

wolf," he called out

to thin out, the soft soil replaced by smooth, bare stone. My breath caught in my throat from the ascent we had unwittingly taken through the foliage. We had been climbing up and

warily again. I was just wondering if this strange man was leading us on a

with his lantern until it flickered to life. "Ready?" he asked, glancing over at us for the first time since we had gone

into the dark cave. "In there?" I asked, swallowing.

man huffed again; at this point, I couldn't tell if it was an actual huff of annoyance or if it was just a cough. "I

"I do."

"Then follow me."

another word, the man walked into the cave mouth. Luke and I stood there, unsure, before I took a deep

think this is a

lantern light was fading, swaying off into the distance. "It's

protest any further. Together, hand-in-hand, we made our way into

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