Page 215 of The Blairville Legacies

She looked around the corridor for a moment, as if there was a lot left to think about, but I simply pushed her into the room.

“You’ll manage.”

“But...”

Then I just closed the door and looked around carefully.

It was even scarier here alone than together. The wind had picked up. A storm was raging outside. The weather here took me some time to get used to, and I was struggling hard with the cold. I wouldn’t survive here on the streets.

But why was I still even thinking about it? I was here now, and I had somewhere to stay.

Clack.

The sound of a stone echoing in the corridors snapped me out of my thoughts. I looked around frantically, but there was no one to be seen.

Larissa, relax. The wind is just too strong.

I leaned against one of the columns in the corridor.

The office was in the middle of the building, right in the large tower that connected the east and west wings, so it was in a good position to get caught.

Then there was a scratching sound on the stone floor.

Creak.

I looked around, but it was too dark.

The wind, Larissa. Relax.

I could just go in to Bay, but the aim wasn’t to rot in there, but to disappear again along with what we were looking for.

I suddenly became impatient.

For fuck’s sake!How long did it take to find a piece of paper?

A howl sounded in the distance and I got goosebumps again.

It definitely hadn’t been the wind. I wondered if it had been one of the wild wolves in the Blairville woods.

I heard a sharp gust of wind from one side of the corridor and spun around. I suddenly felt like I was being watched, as if I wasn’t alone.

In a hurry, I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket and shone the flashlight in the direction where the noise had come from.

Nothing.

I turned around to check the other direction, but something was blocking my way.

Someone.

I wanted to scream, but this someone put his cold hand over my mouth so that only a soft whimper escaped.

He looked around to the right and left and then dragged me into a side corridor where the moon was shining directly on us through the side windows.

This made me realize who I was dealing with.

My heartbeat slowed down a little, only to speed up again.

It wasfucking Adrian DeLoughrey, standing here in front of me, slowly taking his hand away from my mouth and indicating with his finger in front of his mouth that I should be quiet.

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