Page 25 of Defying the Relic Hunter

“Angel!” Ethan lunged for me twenty seconds too late.

Chapter Ten

The blue light faded, and I stood in an immense cavern lit by floating yellow skulls. Grotesque stone trees rose like blackened specters from the rocky floor. These Tomb Raiders were really into Halloween. I opened my psychic eye. Crap. It was real. “Granny?”

She appeared beside me. “Your man is very worried.”

“And he should be. I don’t have my bracelet or any weapons.”

“A fact he greatly regrets.”

“Why didn’t Ethan come with you?”

“The Tomb Raiders have erected an energy barrier that blocks his ability to track you.”

“Any idea where we are?”

“A cavern beneath the Superstition Mountains,” Granny answered.

I blew out a long breath. At least I was still in Arizona. “I kinda expected the Tomb Raiders to be waiting for me.”

“You are nothing but a bargaining chip. As soon as they took you, they contacted Zarek.”

“Let me guess. They’ll exchange me for the amulet and the sacred stone.”

“Yes.”

“How do I get out of here?”

“Without access to the Tomb Raiders’ transporter you are trapped.”

“No, Ethan can teleport me out. Find him and tell him where I am.”

Granny shook her head. “I promised Ethan I would not leave you.”

“He can’t rescue me, if he doesn’t know where I am. Now can he?”

“If the Tomb Raiders return, you’ll be helpless,” Granny cried.

“Then you’d better hurry.”

Granny vanished.

“Come here female and free me,”an autocratic voice demanded in my head.

“Another dickhead. You must be related to the Coletti.”

The voice said sarcastically,“You must be a Jones female.”

“Not yet. What’s your name?”

“Adan. Free me before my captors return.”

“Can you get us out of here, Adan?”

“I can.”

I mentally scanned the cavern but couldn’t pick up any life signs.“Good, where are you?”

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