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“Sounds brilliant to me,” Colton declared. “It allows us to help you reach the destination where our Alpha is.”
“Such moves will work out in your favor so there are no objections from my side,” Lauren declared.
“All of you are fucking cunt ass fuck—” There went Laura, but she was cut short, again, as her body was sliced into so many pieces, it was as if she went through a cheese grater.
We all looked to Colton, who began to whistle while he walked over to stand right next to me.
“So back to the main priority being you can’t go into that mysterious cave by yourself,” he voiced with a prideful grin. “So let me and Lauren come with you. Lauren could ensure Goldibitch isn’t a complete hindrance, and you and I can focus on finding the path that will take you to whatever place hides the crown of the valley.”
“What if we reach a point where I need to venture alone?” I inquired just so we could get the discussion out of the way now versus later.
We really didn’t know what was ahead for any of us.
“Then we’ll follow until we reach that point where we can’t,” Colton encouraged. “And we’ll wait for your return with King Malifer.”
Having their support and confidence was empowering in various ways. It really made me feel like we had a fighting shot at destroying Baker’s objective while securing the place that became our safe haven thanks to Malifer’s selflessness.
“Then, let’s make our way,” I encouraged and watched Lauren tug on the chain that dragged Laura through the dirt. “How did you guys get through the fleet’s barrier anyway?”
“I teleported Colton and myself to the sacred waters of the lagoon of Shade pack and took the passage from there down to the cliff,” Lauren revealed. “Colton lowered us with his strings before we were ready to enter the forest but you guys showed up seconds later.”
“Good timing,” I praised. “Though that should be expected from a Time Keeper.”
“Though I’m a Tainted Time Keeper,” she noted with a wink, “I don’t have to be on time.”
“Accurate,” I commented and looked to Zasper and the fleet. “We’ll make our way now. Please be careful, and protect Momo when I send her back here.”
“We’ll shield her with every fiber of power within us,” Zasper declared as the others knelt in their spots in agreement. “Please be careful, Lady Heartwell. The enemy is the most deceitful when they know they’re in the midst of losing what’s most precious to them.”
He spoke nothing but the truth.
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
With a final exchange of goodbyes, Colton led the way as the protective puppeteer he was, while Laura was clearly last seeing as she was being dragged by Lauren. At least if anything tried to attack us from behind, the cocky, talkative Goldibitch would be the perfect appetizer to appease them before they reached the rest of our group.
We’d been walking for fifteen minutes now, and it was far too dark to see even with our gifted abilities to walk through pitch darkness with ease.
Clapping my hands three times, I ignited flames that burst and gathered to create floating orbs that hovered above our heads. The illumination was enough to see more of our surroundings and up ahead at least five steps.
“Much better,” Lauren confessed with relief. “I’m not usually one to struggle with seeing in the dark.”
“Me neither,” I admitted, which annoyed me quite a bit. “This intensity of darkness can’t be normal.”
“It’s not,” Colton agreed, and I could only imagine him narrowing his eyes in precaution. “It feels foreign in nature. If it was from the valley, it wouldn’t make us feel so…”
“Uncomfortable,”Lauren dryly muttered. “There’s an opening up ahead.”
Her warning put us on high alert as we approached the opening that didn’t project a ray of light like most exits.
The moment we reached the opening, my arm instinctively moved to grab onto Colton’s shirt. The timing was absolutely perfect for he would have walked right off a cliff.
“Fuck,” he cursed in surprise as I pulled him back so he was pressed against me. “Thanks, Lexiboo. That was close.”
“No worries,” I voiced, but I was scanning the vast oasis before us. It felt like we’d hit a dead end because there was no path for us to go from this spot.
Just a very deep drop below and a steeping high ceiling from above.
“There has to be a place for us to go,” Lauren muttered. “I sense energy in here. It’s not heavy and foreign like this place. It mimics the sacred waters of the lagoon above in Shade territory.”
