Page 86 of Shadow Bonds

“We need to go,” Cyrus says glaring at him.

“Of course. Get some rest. There will be a celebration tomorrow night. Make sure you’re all present. Commander’s orders.” He opens a portal for us, and we ignore his greasy smile and walk straight on through.

I head straight for the tent with the others right behind me.

The minute I walk in, I know something is wrong. Seth and Hawke are pacing the length of it, both looking like neither has slept in a week.

My stomach drops when I glance around but don’t see Sena. “Where is she?” I grit out, my patience already wearing thin.

Seth jolts. “She was taken by the general the minute she got back. We’ve been trying to find her, but they put her in isolation and wouldn’t tell us where.”

I freeze as every inch my body thrums with rage. “When was this?”

Hawke grows pale. “Two days ago.”

Storming out of the tent, I feel the others follow as I head straight for that fucking bastard of a general.

Lucky me, he walks right onto our path after coming out of a portal, a wide smile still on his face that I can’t wait to fuck up.

I step forward and slam my fist into his face. He flies backward, landing on the ground as blood pours down his face.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” General Reed shouts, his face red with fury. “I’ll have you for this?!” he shouts while trying to scramble to his feet.

Everyone Shadow around us steps back, not one of them daring to help him. They can sense what’s going to happen and choose to back away slowly.

They’re all afraid... Good… They should be.

“It’s kill or be killed. Isn’t that what you told us the first time you sent us to the Void?” Theon says as his shadows coil out around him, waiting.

Knox gives him a vicious grin. “The academy doesn’t like the weak,” he reminds him. The same words we were told when we just kids and sent to the Void.

“And you’re looking pretty weak right now,” I tell him.

He crawls backward from us. But he’s not getting away from us.

“Now… Where. Thefuck. Is our mate?” I grit out.

“M-mate?” His eyes widen in horror.

Theon’s shadows uncoil around him and snap out before yanking him upward. His screams are music to my ears.

“Where. Is. She?” I ask one more time before I rip him apart along with everything else here.

Theon releases him just enough for him to answer.

“Blue zone,” he gasps. “Near the edge.”

I step forward, and hit him, again and again. I don’t stop until nearly every bone in his body is broken.

Someone very fucking smart gets a portal open for us, and we head straight into it while I barely contain my rage.

There’s about a dozen isolation holes in this area, so we break up and look in each. That she’s even in one of these makes my stomach twist into knots.

“Here,” Theon calls out, and we all head over to him.

Glancing down, my fucking heart breaks. She looks so fucking frail. So tiny.

Theon starts to send his shadows down to her. “I won’t hurt her,” he promises and focuses as they move down to her and curl around her before slowly pulling her up.

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