The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0579

Klaus

'Stop Klaus. Just stop for a moment.' I could sense the concern in Xavi's tone

"I know.' I mutter through our link. 'I feel it. Something is off.

'Retrace our steps.' He suggests.

Turning around, Orion is staring at us. He gestures forward.

I shake my head, "No, we need to go back. Something is not quite right."

Orion quickly jabs his finger over my shoulder in the direction we had been walking as he makes a weird noise. His lack of tongue stops him from telling us what it is he wants. His deep blue eyes are wide and I see a hint of fear.

'He can't be in on this." Xavi mutters, 'Can he?'

'I don't think he is. Look at his eyes. That's fear.'

Orion looks behind him then tries to squeeze by, beckoning for us to follow.

it Indy, is she in

frantically nodded at me and looked around, like he was searching for something, but there was nothing other than dimly lit, stone corridors. In the end, he bites his own finger until

I offer. I hoped he would, he had made it more than clear that Xavi wasn't allowed to

do you want to do?' Xavi asks

like either of them, but Orion is right, we

Then we will find

corridors. There were never any doors or windows, or even steps, just solid stone walls that run in all directions with a few torches lighting the place up. Eventually we stumble upon Orion's message that he had

to scent ourselves because

mutters. "How the hell are we

but we have to try. Brax asked me here to help. I

wall in frustration and a small gap appears in the wall. Pushing against it, a secret door opens up. The three of

murmured to Xavi, wondering how

saw that it was clear, waved them through. I finally understood that where we entered the castle,

a Witch's spell. It was a clever

full of worry. It must be hard when the only person he can properly communicate with

his cheeks

find her." I reassure him. Whether she is dead or alive,

corridor. Lit torches lined the walls, closer together than the labyrinth we had been struck in. They removed all shadows. Halfway down, there are stone steps and even further than that, to the naked eye, the torches appear to have burned out, plunging the rest of