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.

organization needs for their

my own personal enjoyment in the past.

breaking a person’s spirit.”

the associate said. With silent steps, he came closer

back was flat

but now I held my breath as well.

I worried the strange, dangerous man could

that has been bearing fruit. Soon, I will have much to

He peered into the darkness. I swear he looked right at me, but he looked away just as

narrowed. “You would do well

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

you must still

“Ridiculous,” Terry snapped.

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to face him. In an instant, there was a knife in his hand. “Your

your place

his chest. “You dare threaten me in my own

it under the orange light. “It’s a reminder.

King, but the underground controls all. This

we

his mouth so tightly a muscle ticked in his

man in black returned his knife into

one said anything, then Terry cleared his throat.

on with the

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