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Part of me was grateful for the save, the other part, furious I could have possibly saved the guys from whatever fate everyone else was forced to live through.
“Fuck you, Monty. We’re not fucking pieces on a chess board. Where are my mates?” I demanded again.
“If you’re going to be petulant, I’ll send you there with them.” His tone was sharper than I’d ever heard but I didn’t care. This was bigger than me.
“And if you try a stunt like this again, I’ll spend every fucking night in the hall standing vigil to keep them safe,” I countered.
With the realization I did have ways to fight him, some of my own anger calmed.
He wasn’t the only one in control, and I had to learn to hold onto what little I had and use it against the assholes like him in my life. I had a feeling that no matter where my life led, Monty and I would always be complicated.
“You won’t, I forbid it,” he yelled loud enough the lights flickered around us.
“Forbid? I’m not just yours, Monty,” I sang out. “Now, take me to them.”
Without warning, I was snatched off my feet in a swirl of shadows. When they cleared, I couldn’t see a thing.
“Hiro? Drake? Anyone?” I called out as I took a tentative step forward, feeling around so I didn’t crash into anything. “Monty, I swear to all that’s holy if you stuck me in a fucking closet somewhere to be a dick, I’ll cut yours off!”
“Harlow?” The voice was weak and muffled, and I rushed toward it, crashing into something on the way. My chest hit the ground hard enough the wind was knocked out of me, but I crawled forward despite the pain and lack of air.
“Hiro?” I called again, though, it was followed by a cough that forced me to stop and catch my breath. “Fucking hell, where are the lights?!”
“There aren’t any, I have no clue where we are,” Drake answered. It sounded like they were on the other side of the door.
My progress was slow as I used my hands in front of me to keep me from crashing again, crawling across the dirty stone floor and just praying a rat or something didn’t come running by.
When I finally hit the wood of a door, I stood and felt around for the knob. A key was still in it, so I turned it and opened, disappointed to realize it didn’t help add any light.
“There you are,” Hiro said as he threw his arms around me, almost missing completely. “It feels like we’ve been here for hours.”
“I woke up and no one was there. Even the cafeteria was empty except for the workers,” I explained as I hugged him back, breathing him in. Marshmallow and campfire had me running my nose over his neck, savoring my mate for a moment. Just having someone with me was a huge relief after being alone all morning.
“They come in daily, so they weren’t here last night,” Drake said. “I heard a struggle and came out to Roman fighting off a demon. We caused enough of a scene that Ivar showed up and threw us down here on ‘Hel’s orders.’”
I almost felt bad for getting angry with him, especially if he brought them here to keep them safe for me.
“He said they were feeding, preparing for something. I don’t think he even knows what Vane is planning, but it’s big, and Hel seems to be preparing for it,” I explained. “Sorry if you were hungry, I brought food with me but Monty dropped me in a pit of darkness with no warning, I dropped it when I fell.”
“I’m assuming we’re in a basement,” Hiro supplied as he took my hand. “We’ve felt out every inch of this room and this is the only door, let’s try yours.”
“Don’t you have fire, Drake?” I asked, confused why he wasn’t using it. I could almost hear his jaw clenching and felt his anger through our bond.
“It’s locked down. I don’t know why.”
He brushed past me before a loud crash resounded.
“Found some shelves. Wait!” With a click, a flashlight flickered to life.
It was dull but enough to give us something. He swept it around the room and pointed to the French toast, bacon, and eggs splayed all over the dirty floor.
“I’m good on the food.”
I let out a half-crazed laugh. “My bad. I’m smacking Monty when I see him next.”
“I hundred percent support this plan. I’ll hold him down for you,” Drake smirked, a glint of humor and anger bright as he met my gaze.
“What are they planning? Because it sounds like we’re caught between two sides of a war or something,” Hiro said.
