Page 124 of Imprisoned with the Vampire King

River took a step forward, like he was thinking of going up there.

Liv stopped him with an arm in front of his chest.

"Darius won't lose," she said firmly.

The fire and ice stopped, suddenly.

A body plummeted.

Another followed.

Thick shadows caught them both, moving faster than I could blink. The shadows lowered both men to the elevator.

Reaper was dead.

Darius was grinning wildly.

"You and your dramatic entrances," Rae tossed out, as he dusted himself off.

Redd was still screaming, but neither of them acknowledged him.

"I knew you'd save my ass. You'd miss it too much if I was dead," Darius teased.

"We're not talking about dying." Rae stalked over to the edge of the hole and peered down, meeting Ophelia's gaze. "I don't think your elevator's going to work again."

Ophelia grimaced. "The magic's a mess anyway."

"The ladder looks like fun, though," Liv said cheerfully.

The screaming behind us finally started to quiet down. Callum must've been easing up on his magic.

"We're going to take Redd and Arthur up. Mer wants to make sure Artie's dead, and we all know how Redd is," Darius added. "You guys good down there?"

"We're fine. Enjoy." Liv gave him a thumbs-up.

“I need to get to Kat,” Callum said, already eyeing the hole in the elevator's roof with a deep frown.

“I’ve got you,” Rae said, and her shadows grabbed him around the waist.

His frown deepened as her shadows hauled him through the hole, setting him on his feet at the bottom of the ladder.

“We’ve got the prisoners,” Liv called out, looking to Niall, River, and Jazz for backup. They agreed.

Rae's shadows wrapped around the prisoners' bodies, slowly lifting them off the ground as she started climbing.

Darius followed Callum to the ladder. “I’ll spot you on the way up.”

“Fuck you,” Callum grumbled in response.

Dare snorted. “I love you too.”

They started climbing. Callum, first, with Darius behind him.

"We'll deal with the elevator last," Ophelia said, her gaze moving slowly over the magic I couldn't see. "That's going to hurt like a bitch."

"Unlike the rest of the unweaving," River drawled.

She gave him a tiny smile. "That'll be a walk in the park, compared to this. And the magic around Reaper's cell. Last time I saw it, it was totally fucked up."