Page 67 of Shadow Bonds

“We think we know where you are,”he says quietly, his voice layered with fear.

‘That’s good… right?”I ask.

“Sena, I need you to stay quiet and hidden,”Knox says but the tone of his voice is like he’s trying to keepmecalm.

“Hidden from what?”I glance around me as Theon’s fear floods my senses making me realize there’s something they’re not telling me.

“Knox. Where am I?”

“There are four underground tunnels under the academy that all lead to the same thing,”he reveals.

“Okay…”It still doesn’t tell me where I am or why I can feel waves of fear and anger from Theon.

“It’s a place where feral Shadows go before they kill them.”

I blanch.“What?”

“There’s no coming back for them. And they will kill anything in sight,”he says barely controlling his emotions.

Feral Shadows… And I’ve just landed right in their little prison.

Fuck.

CHAPTER 21

Moving as quietly as I can, I slowly make my way down the tunnel, not wanting to be stuck at a dead end if I run into any of the feral Shadows.

It takes me twice as long to get to the bend, the sharp pain in my foot throbbing with each step.

There has to be another way out. I doubt they’d throw them down here through the latch. And Knox said there are four underground tunnels. There has to be an entrance somewhere. Just hopefully not near any of the feral Shadows.

“Sena… We’re dividing up and each taking an entrance. Try and stay calm, we’ll be there soon,”Knox says, sounding a little too panicked for my liking.

“You actually sound like you’re being nice… Stop it. It’s freaking me out.”It has the effect I intended, and he barks out a laugh.

“Don’t worry. I’ll be back to my asshole-ish ways once you’re safe.”

Sounding like he’s a little calmer, I smile to myself.“Good to know.”

I put too much weight on my foot and hiss when it shoots up my ankle.

“Sena?”

I wince when I hear the fear return to Knox’s voice.“It’s okay. There’s no one around me. I’m safe.”For now, at least.

I glance around the next bend, ensuring no one is waiting in hiding before I push myself to keep moving.

“Cyrus said it feels like your foot is sprained. And your wrist is broken.”

I glance down at my wrist and find it nearly double the size it was a few minutes ago. Yes, definitely broken.

“Tell me who did this to you,”he demands.

“No.”

“Sena—”

“What I’m going to do is get out of here, get you all to heal me, and then I’m going to hunt them down myself.”One by fucking one. Starting with the blonde bitch.

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