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“Tell me what you know about Violet,” I said. “And none of your bullshit accusations this time. You know damn well she’s my friend and that I’d never hurt her.”
Delores looked up at me, her expression hard. There was a lot of bad blood between us but none of it came from me and she knew it. I waited, keeping my eyes locked on her. I wasn’t going to let her get away with silence.
After what felt like minutes, she rolled her eyes and let out a sigh. “Fine. I know you probably didn’t hurt Violet.”
“Definitelydidn’t hurt her,” I corrected, though a wave of guilt washed through me knowing that I was still responsible. There was no way I’d tell that to Delores, though. And honestly, it was more about not getting anyone else hurt. That fae wasn’t messing around and I had no idea what he was capable of. For all I knew he was listening to me right now.
I shivered, the thought unnerving. I had no idea what I was going to do about him but right now I was more concerned about Violet. “Is she going to be okay?”
Delores’s brow furrowed. “You actually do care about someone other than yourself.”
“I care about a lot of people,” I said. “Spill.”
“You pretty much know what I know. She was drained of blood, which as I’m sure you can guess isn’t a good thing for a vampire,” she said.
“I’m pretty sure that’s not a good thing for anyone,” I added.
“Touché,” she said. “But it’s especially dangerous for a vampire and incredibly painful as it can take days or even months for them to die from it.”
“Why would someone do that?” I asked.
She shook her head. “I don’t know. It’s usually something that’s done in torture situations. To try to get someone to talk.”
Ice seemed to flow through my veins. Had that fae tortured Violet? What could he possibly have thought she’d know? Then my mind whirred right to my mates. There had to be torture methods for every supernatural that I wasn’t aware of. Ways of exploiting weaknesses. Was he going after them next?
I turned away from Delores and scrubbed my face with my hand. I fucked up. Instead of keeping my cool and being the bigger person, I’d lost my temper and ended up in here where I can’t help anyone. For all I knew, the fae was out there picking off my mates one at a time.
That can’t happen. I cannot be stuck down here. I turned back to Delores. “We have to get out of here.”
“Tell me about it,” she said. “I can barely even feel my magic anymore and I have no interest in dying any time soon.”
I’d almost forgotten about the deaths that were tied to time spent in confinement and here I was on round two. Well, that was another bit of disturbing information to add to my list of issues.
“You’ve been here longer,” I said. “Any ideas on what we have to do to get out? Is it like a timed thing or is it just up to Coach Miller?”
She shrugged. “Unlike you, I’ve never been here. How’d you get out last time.”
“A fae with a stolen face tried to kill me and they let me out after that,” I said. “I wouldn’t recommend we duplicate that.”
“Fair,” Delores said. “So all that shit is true? All that talk about you and the fae and the portal and everything?”
I wasn’t in the mood to rehash my past but another peek out the window told me we weren’t likely to get out anytime soon. The hallway was still empty. Not a sign of life anywhere.
I walked back to my spot against the wall and slid down to the floor. “What do you want to know?”
She cocked an eyebrow. “We’re going to be here a while, why not start at the beginning?”
“Which beginning? How I accidently murdered two dudes and wound up in here or how the fae tried to kill me and steal my magic?”
“Shit, Raven,” Delores said. “You really killed two guys?”
“Yeah,” I said. “But they deserved it.”
“I’m sure,” she said. “What did they do, try to steal your lunch money?”
I laughed even though there was nothing funny about it. “Well, they had me pinned against a wall with a gun to my throat. I didn’t ask them their exact plans, but considering I tried to hand over my purse and they didn’t take it I don’t think it was going to end well for me.”
She was silent for a moment and I wondered if the conversation was over.
