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“Where am I? Did I do something wrong? Something bad?”
He kept a steady, even pace moving forward down the sloping hallway.
This place didn’t feel right. I was sure at any second, the whole place was going to cave in, but Van didn’t seem to have the same concern. He wasn’t watching the ceiling or the walls like I was.
“Why would you think that you did something bad?”
I must really be losing it if I was creeped out by this place—with no clue how I got here—and Van was fine. “The Weres in my pack would lose time or forget what they did as a wolf, and I don’t remember what—”
Van stepped in front of me, gripping my shoulders. “Don’t worry. You’re not like them. You’ll never be like them. You’ve done nothing wrong. All of that is in the past. Let it stay there.”
I took a breath and let it out slowly. I didn’t know much about the fey, but they didn’t lie.
Okay. Okay. So, maybe it wasn’t as bad as I thought. “I don’t understand. I’m really confused. Why am I here? Where are we? How did I get here? I can’t seem to remember—”
“Don’t worry about any of that. You’ll be home soon.”
“Okay.” Home. That sounded good. Except St. Ailbe’s wasn’t safe anymore. It’d been good for me for a while and I didn’t want to give up on it, but Dawson had shut down the school. Everything had changed, and not for the better.
I was going to have to leave. Maybe find a quiet spot in the woods again. Be alone for a while because there was a hollowness in my soul that was threatening to swallow me whole, and I wasn’t sure if I was safe to be around anymore.
Van couldn’t lie, but maybe he didn’t know that I was losing it.
Donovan. I would call Donovan. He’d help me.
But there was something else I didn’t understand. Something off. Where was my wolf?
If there was any kind of danger, my wolf would’ve risen up, but he was sleeping soundly. Peacefully quiet. Maybe quieter than I’d ever felt before.
Wait.
No.
There was something wrong.
I stopped walking.
Something was missing. But what?
I rubbed my hand across my forehead as I tried to remember. There was too much smoke filling all the empty spaces in my head. All the spots where memories should have been. And all I had now were a bunch of questions.
Why was I here? Where was I? It didn’t look like any place in Texas, that was for sure. Torches on the walls. Golden sand pressed against glossy surfaces. The scent of sour apple smoke filling the hallway.
No. This was wrong.
I stumbled as Van grabbed my arm, tugging me to keep up the pace. “This way. You’ll feel much better once you get to your own bed. I promise.”
Shit. Had I been drugged?
A little beast popped in before me with red eyes and long, pointy fingers.
I stumbled again. “Holy shit. What the fuck is that?”
The little beast’s eyes glowed brighter and it was like the whole hallway dimmed to give it that light.
“Where are you taking him?” His voice had been playful, almost childlike at first, but the last words deepened until I could almost hear echoing screams it taunted from its victims in the night.
“Home.” Van tugged me forward again. “I’m taking him back home via the gateway. As is allowed.”
