Chapter 54 The Tunnel That Betrayed

SERAPHINA

The vampire’s words rang like a whisper in my skull–A she–bwolf/b.

Fear gripped my heart. So it was not just a rumor. Vampires could really tell male or female by the scent of their blood. My perfume failed when confronted with vampires.

bPhina /bgrowled in my mind. “But no one else heard him!TM

bats on the ceiling

bI /bclenched my fists to help control bmy /bfear. Yeah, none of the Alphas had heard the vampire because of the b screamed. So loud bthat /bit hurt my ears.

Thousands of wings exploded into the airb, /ba sound like a tsunami made of bone band /bshadow. The bats–bno/b, the vampires- bwere /bawake..

“AAAA!” Ronan growled, driving the iron rod into the weakened wall alongside Finn using all of his strength while Dante gave it a hard kick and Asher’s bwolf /bpractically plowed into the wall like a truck hitting the wall.

1 gasped as the caye cracked, ba /bsplintering roar tearing through the den. Chunks of rock fell like hail. Sunlight burst through bat /bhole, a glowing beam slicing the darkness. As the slight sunlight fell on all of us something happened.

Asher’s wolf jerked violently, his body convulsing as if struck by lightning. In a sh of flickering bones and skin, he shifted- bback/b. Naked, panting, eyes wide with horror and adrenaline.

Everyone’s expressions were full of shock bas /bAsher’s curse was broken.

“Run!” he rasped, voice raw as he stared at us. “The sunlight will notst for more t

than five seconds. Movel Move!! Move!!”

We didn’t need to be told twice. Especially me. I had to get out of here before the vampires tried to catch me or revealed my secret. Without looking back, we sprinted over debris and dodged jagged rocks. Just like Asher had predicted, the sunlight quickly disappeared leaving us running in the dark tunnel. I could not tell who was ahead of or behind me.

Behind usb, /ba roar of fury echoed through the vampire den. My heart pounded louder than my footfalls. I could feel the chase even though they hadn’t yet moved until the sunlight disappeared.

The tunnel was narrow, slick, and steep. My fingers scraped against rough stone as we hurtled forward, and bstill /bI heard them –screeches like ws against metal, voices that weren’t bhuman/bb, /bweren’t wolf, weren’t anything bnatural/b.

“Keep going!” Asher barked. “bDon’t /blook back!”

My legs burned. My blungs /bbscreamed/b. The air was thick with earth and old blood.

bBut /bthen, I saw it

Light.

bA /bsliver of golden salvation just ahead.

We’re almost there!” Finn yelled but his bvoice /bechoed in the tunnel confusing me as to bwhere /bhe was. Due to the rush and the vampires following us I could not focus benough /bto buse /bbPhina’s /bvision to see in the dark. However, I could feel bthat /b

meone bwas /bahead of que bkicking /bthe obstacles out of our way while there was someone behind me, his chest brushing me never I stumbled on a random stone under my feet. But they never outran ine. Who was 10?

bJust /bas I thought it, I telt a hand trying to catch my hand in the bdark /bband /banother hand attempting to find my other bhand/b, Someule was on my right and left tuu.

Who bwas /bit?

In the next secund, bslight /bbsunlight /bcame into view.

Three figures reached the opening first,unching themselves into the sunlight like it was heaven itself. The sharp sunlight what they stood blinded me for a second and I could not tell who the three were

Just as I neared the mouth of the tunnel, something groaned a deep, scary sound. The bearth /bshuddered under biny /bfeet.

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Chapter 54 The Tunnel That Betrayed

“Wait!” I choked. “The tunnel–f”

But it was toote. I was at the point where I could have been killed by a rock falling on my head.

“No!” A hand wrapped baround /bmy waist from behind and pulled me back.

+8 Pearls

With a sickening crack, the roof above copsed in a brain /bof stone and dirt. bI /bwas flung backward as a boulder crashed between us and the sun..

The mouth of the tunnel sealed itself shut in front of my eyes and in thosest moments, I bsaw /bhim. Ronan. On the other side of the tunnel, standing in the bsun /bwatching me with wide violet eyes as the tunnel was blockedpletely with thest

stone.

Gone.

Falling on the ground but not getting hurt due to the strong and powerful presence behind me, I sat up in the sudden silence heart thundering. Dust filled the air, making it hard to breathe.

For a moment, I sat there staring at the blocked exit horrified. My mind was too foggy to understand the situation.

“Are you okay?” A familiar voice breathed softly in my ears.

I bnced /bover my shoulder to see the person holding me. My heart drummed in my chest. Then a face came into focus bthat /bI never expected.

“Asher,” I whispered bin /bshock.

Phina froze in my mind. So it bhad /bbeen Asher behind me the bwhole /btime. He was the one who saved me. Not…him.

Deep in my heart I realized that my wolf and myself were disappointed. Wait, why bwas /bI disappointed? So disappointed bthat /bmy heart was squeezed to the point I felt it was painful.

However, at that moment I had a horrifying realization, I was disappointed that it was not Ronan

I wanted the person behind me to be Ronan.

The person holding me. The person whispering in my ear.

I wanted it to be him…

Send bGifts /b

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