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“Preferably alive,” Rhett just had to fucking add.
“Thanks,” I snapped, and it took all my fucking willpower not to spear one of them in the eyeball when I yanked the keys from Rhett’s dangling fingertips.
“Ten seconds!”
I heaved in a deep breath and turned, swallowing back the bile burning up my throat as I took in Kinsley and the four other girls chained head to toe, the attached iron resting inches away from their feet.
“Five!”
The other guards got into position behind the bound recruits, who were frantically sobbing, all except for Kinsley. Her tears were dried and gone. Nothing but malice marred every crevasse of her flawless face as she screamed her fucking head off, calling the Ravagers every foul, profane word she could spit out.
“TWO!”
Isaac positioned himself behind Kinsley, his dark eyes padlocked on me and only me. Kinsley angrily clamped her mouth shut and heaved in a deep breath when Isaac’s palm met the small of her back. I followed suit and grudgingly placed the cool metal ring between my teeth, biting down hard so I wouldn’t lose the keys.
One.
I dove in just as Isaac shoved her, making it about halfway to Kinsley just as the heavy weights hit the bottom, pinning her in place. My pulse thumped away in a frantic panic the closer I came, harshly scrutinizing all the goddamn locks working gruesomely well with the chains to help keep her limbs restrained.
Son of a bitch.
Kinsley kept her focus glued to her arms. She thrashed, squirming and fighting with all her fucking might to break free, failing miserably.
I made it to her, holding on tight as I inspected the brass scattered across her torso first. Already my lungs burned, demanding air.
Not yet, Samara. Not yet.
I grabbed one of the locks, studying it fast before moving onto another, and another, realizing something crucial.There were more locks than keys. Not only that, but the sizes were different. Some were at least twice, if not triple the size of the smaller ones.
And the keys…
They were all the same size.
That’s it!
Grabbing the first key I could get my hands on, I tested it with the bulkier lock first. Just like I suspected, it didn’t fit, so I moved on to the smaller one. It worked, sliding right into the slot with ease. Problem was… It wouldn’t twist.
It was the wrong fucking key.
Shit!
I didn’t have time to grab another one. If I didn’t come up for air, likenow, we’d both be goners.
Kinsley screamed underwater as I helped use her dead weight to kick off the floor and zoom me back to the top. I heaved in several deep breaths, coughing a little when I came afloat. I glanced around, seeing none of the others had freed their partners yet. I cursed, then drew in all the air I could hold before I sank down and used my arms like Kinsley taught me to push my weight to the bottom.
Kinsley’s eyes fluttered, her movement having ceased from the time it took me to resurface and get back. Fuck. If I didn’t hurry and get her free soon, she’d be dead.
I had an idea. I had no clue if it would work, but I had to trysomething, anythingto buy her some extra time.
So, I fucking went for it.
I grasped Kinsley’s face and pressed my mouth to hers.
She resisted at first, whimpering her protest. But after another moment of trying and when she’d realized what I was doing, she parted her lips and let me blow in all the air I could spare her.
She blinked at me through the crystal blue water, stunned. I offered her what I could of a nod and got back to work.
I went through the first five keys beforefinallythe first lock opened. I threw it down and moved on to the next. The breath I’d offered Kinsley didn’t last as long as I’d hoped. Her body started jerking by the time I was able to get the last of the smaller locks off, just enough to freely wiggle the chains around to get her arms free.
