Chapter 0213

“Maybe we should turn back,” Nicholas said.

“Too late now,” Julian said. “We’ve got to be sure.”

“I see light up there, Julian,” Nicholas said. “Dim the flashlight.”

Julian turned to the flashlight to the dimmest setting, and aimed it down at the ground. We had to move

slower than before, so as not to trip. She walked lightly to keep our footsteps from generating noise.

At the end of the tunnel, the walls abruptly stretched open into a room.

A room full of cages. A single tungsten bulb hung down from the ceiling, the only light in the room full of

shadows.

“What the —?” I began to say. Nicholas abruptly covered my mouth. He yanked me back into the

darkness of the tunnel. Julian followed at once, clicking off the flashlight.

A door on the far side of the room cracked open, and in walked Terry beside a man I had never seen

before a man dressed entirely in black with sallow cheeks and dark eyes.

see this room should offer the organization needs

have used this area for my own personal enjoyment in the past. These cages are quite

a person’s

opening here?” the associate said. With silent steps, he came closer to the

tugged me closer to him, until my back was flat against his chest. He still

held my breath as well.

heart thundered, however, so loudly I worried the strange, dangerous man

fruit. Soon, I will

He peered into the darkness. I swear he looked right at me, but he looked away just as quickly. “What we need are

His eyes narrowed. “You would do well not to disrespect my

at Terry. “You may hold sway in the royal palace, Terry,

must still prove

“Ridiculous,” Terry snapped.

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there was a knife in his

you will learn your place one way or

dare threaten me in

his knife, catching it under the orange light. “It’s

controls all. This is your home because we allow it.

because we allow it.”

so tightly a muscle ticked in his

man in black returned his

one said anything, then Terry

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