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The man I’d already taken out was bent over, hugging his legs. Instead of wasting time we didn’t have getting a rock, I grabbed the guy and lifted him up just enough to throw him at the others.
He was heavy, but between the adrenaline and new energy inside me, I had no problem with the action.
As soon as his body hit the one with the electricity power, all four of them tumbled to the ground. I had no idea if I’d interrupted the energy enough to make things safe for me, but I had to help Lykem.
I charged forward again, knife in hand and without thinking about the potential consequences, I drove the blade into the neck of the third attacker.
My muscles tensed as I waited for the pain, but it never came, and Lykem was able to get out from underneath them, only one bad cut on his collarbone.
“Thanks,” he huffed before reaching down to the bald one. Lykem picked him up, then slammed him against the wall twice.
This time, there was no point in tying the attacker up. This one wasn’t waking up.
The one I’d been fighting held his hands up. “I won’t fight back.”
Lykem kicked him in the ribs. “Then, you can live, but that doesn’t mean it won’t hurt.”
He tied him up, and I glanced at the one I’d stabbed in the neck. Yeah, he wasn’t waking up either.
I’d thought I’d feel more at having been responsible for taking a life, but knowing Lykem was alive because of my choice made any guilt I might have felt otherwise become non-existent.
Once there were no more threats, Lykem nodded at me. “Where to now?”
“Straight ahead until we see the tunnels start to appear on the left,” I said.
The pounding of footfalls sounded behind us, and I tensed, ready to fight again, but Lykem placed a hand on my shoulder. “They’re friendly.”
Two shifters I didn’t recognize joined us. “Need us to do anything about these ones?”
Lykem shook his head. “Go ahead and make sure we don’t run into any other problems.”
Without questioning anything, they did just that and we followed a little slower behind them.
After another five minutes, we finally made it to the cell area. I shifted back to two feet as soon as I saw the door I’d been looking for. Only it was open and not sealed shut like it should have been.
“Fuck,” I muttered, jerking on the handle.
There was a momentary relief when I saw someone still in the dark room, but that was dashed away just as quickly when I realized he was bleeding profusely from a head wound.
“Darius,” I said, kneeling next to him. “I’m here to help you. I need you to wake up.”
His body was beaten badly and wasn’t moving, but he was at least breathing.
“That’s Darius?” Lykem asked. “Are you sure?”
My head whipped back. “What the fuck do you mean am I sure? Don’t you recognize him?”
If I’d been wrong and this wasn’t Cillian’s father… I wasn’t sure how my mate would take that disappointment after all he’d been through lately.
Lykem lowered himself next to me and grabbed the man by his shoulders, brushing long tangled hair away from his face. “I mean, he could be. It’s been a couple decades since I saw him. He used to be larger than life. This man is…”
Not that, I thought.
“Even if he’s not the Darius we thought he was, we still have to help him,” I said. “Carry him in your arms and be fucking careful.”
“Easy, Wolf Girl,” he rumbled in return. “I’m not the one you need to be aggressive with. If I’m carrying him, you’ll need to watch out for more attackers.”
I was fully aware of that, but also glad Lykem had stopped me from doing this by myself. I’d have been fucked before I’d even gotten to the cells, and I wasn’t too proud to admit that.
