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.

you can see this room should offer the organization needs for their purposes,” Terry said

this area for my own personal enjoyment in the

at breaking a person’s

associate said. With silent steps,

was flat against his chest. He still held

now I held my

so loudly I worried the strange, dangerous man could

fruit. Soon, I will have much

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

said. His eyes narrowed. “You would do

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

must still prove yourself.”

“Ridiculous,” Terry snapped.

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him. In an instant, there was

your place one way

out his chest. “You dare threaten

The man tilted his knife, catching it

of the King, but the underground controls all. This is your home

because we allow it.”

tightly a muscle ticked in his

returned his knife into

one said anything, then Terry cleared

on with

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