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“How many have you lost?” Cait asked.
My friend’s eyes cast down, and his voice lowered. “Too many.”
“We need to get back,” I said. “I have no way to communicate with you while I’m in Drago. We don’t have cell phones there and never needed to figure out a way to communicate outside of our realm. But I do promise to come back just as soon as I have any news or in three more days, whichever comes first.”
“It better be with news sooner than that,” Roman grumbled, and I hoped like hell I could make that happen.
“Do you need anything from us?” Cait asked, and I glanced at Beatrix.
“Have you been able to acquire the items for the spell?”
There was a spark of something I didn’t understand in her eyes until she began to speak. “Of course I have, but you won’t get a single thing from me until my granddaughter is returned safely.”
“What if the spell could help me get her back?” I asked.
“That spell would kill her if she wasn’t prepared for it,” Beatrix said pointedly. “Find her, bring her back, get the spell. End of discussion.”
The witch turned her back on me and walked several steps away before she began opening a portal to somewhere with bright sunshine and a large grassy area.
Cait left Roman’s side and reached for my hand, squeezing it forcefully. “Bring me back my daughter, Cillian.”
“I will,” I promised, and hoped like hell I wasn’t lying.
ChapterEight
DAWSYN
As long as we weren’t losing count, I’d been gone for seven days. Every day had been different, and I never knew what to expect, but that didn’t matter any longer. I was getting the hell out of this cage.
Earlier that morning, I was brought a bucket of clean water, a towel, and a white dress by The Psycho with strict instructions to get clean or else.
I wanted to laugh at her “or else” because she didn’t frighten me, but I’d refrained, shrinking my body back.
I wanted them to think I was afraid in hopes that their guard would be lowered once I put my plan into action.
We can beat them regardless, my wolf said.
While I knew that, I wasn’t opposed to anything I could do to make things easier.
Are you sure you’re going to be okay?I asked her.
The main part of our plan involved me shifting and her running full speed out of there. She hadn’t run for over a week, which could have had adverse effects.
I’ll be more than fine, she replied.
I had no choice but to trust her.
While we waited for either Knox or Estelle to return, I took advantage of the things I’d been given and used the bucket to clean up. Though, I didn’t leave my clothes off. I put them back on and put the white cotton dress over my jeans and t-shirt.
Part of my ruse was to keep my head down, step forward once the door was fully open, then shift. My wolf would then ram her head into whoever was standing in our path to freedom and we’d travel out the way we’d come in.
It was a plan with few steps, but there was so much that could go wrong. I wasn’t going to forget that until we were far away from this fucking forest.
* * *
Several hours later,what I assumed to be early evening, the shield around my cell finally broke and the door opened.
I stayed huddled in the corner of the mattress with the dress pulled over my knees, hiding my other clothes, and peeked up through my lashes.
