ia's

my knuckles were white. He just couldn't be here. Not now. Not when everything I was trying to hold together was falling apart

knew when

reathe under my weight. "Whatever you

p? My fingers were itching, every part of me screaming to end it right here, rig

y, whispering things only I could make out. They were

t just kill you right here," I hissed,

cause you don't

at he knew

sound that made my teeth ache. The shadows scattered back into the darkness. R

people, but their faces were... wrong. Twisted. Like someone tried to tu

he Queen's got a big choice to make." His voice wasn't human. It so

ke he was ready to bolt. "

m up with

The whole situation was changing too fast, and these creatures were b

I have a

punch. It was a strong connection, a pull that was

ord had cut me, a nice reminder tha

the light from the torches

her voice barely a whisper, but it

ause you never tell

owly. You wouldn't b

n us was buzzi

ried anything yet, which meant they were either taking

clue which wa

went on, her voice softer, almost lik

ists. Then why do I keep

y something, but stopped herself. It was just a f

mean somet

went through the walls. The torches flickered l

s coming, so

dark. You don't kno

in, their glowing eyes

self. Then

ugh that I could see how fast sh

sound – a deep, animal grow

er hand like ice on my s

wallowed the last bit of torchlig

e she didn't want me to get away, as she dragged me toward the tig

s, snarling. Whatever they

ing over the rough gro

't say a

faster now, making

und, and the sound – the one that

huge was

ugh a narrow spot that barely fit us. I felt th

ir ch

fted, and we came ou

ham

lly

around and shoved me against the wall

ou thinking

back. I was thinking that maybe you'd

jaw. This is bigg

'm stupid! My voice echoed o

not human – came

, turning tow

d the s

en I s

r of

t just

res

in the shadows like

been

For her, a

p back, like she

ely loud enough to hear o

o scared

it was filled with some

e shadows moved, and

spo

e something ancient waking

st got tighter, her nai

t then,

something way worse tha