NovelEnglishChapter 0718 My words were met with abject silence. Daphne and Enzo looked back and forth betweenand each other, completely taken aback by my insane suggestion.
"Please." I looked up at Enzo as tears began to mist over my eyes. "You know we can't leave him anyway. It's not... it's not right." Enzo stared atfor a long time, pondering my words. At first it seemed as though I had hit a brick wall, but then recognition slowly seemed to dawn on him.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"I don't want to leave him, either." "Are you two kidding me?" Daphne exclaimed. "Am I the only sane person here?" I stood abruptly even though my head spun. "No one is forcing you to cwith us, Daphne. But Luke is our best bet to get out of this place, and besides... He would never leave us behind. Not in a million years." Daphne swallowed as her green eyes darted back and forth with disbelief. But Enzo and I weren't backing down; our friend needed us, and besides, it was either this or trek through the forest for several more days with packs of hyenas on our tails.
Finally, she shook her head and averted her gaze toward the ground. "I know of a secret entrance." Enzo and I crouched in the bushes, our eyes focused like hawks on the little cave that Daphne had flitted into.
It was a risky location; this close to Mila's fortress, and the forest was still being patrolled by her hyenas. But they didn't expect us to return, and so they weren't looking around here. At least we had that to our advantage. Enzo turned to look atbriefly. His hand found mine beneath the ferns.
"You're sure this is what you want?" he asked.
"Yes." I swallowed and tightened my grip on his hand, but didn't tear my gaze away from the cave. "If we can just find Luke, we can get in and get out. It'll be much quicker this way, and besides..." "I know." Enzo let out a soft sigh. "I'm sorry I ever suggested leaving him. I thought we were doing the right thing." I shook my head. Taking Enzo's hand, I placed it over my belly. "You were doing the right thing. For our baby." He scoffed. "And yet, here we are again." "Sometimes the right thing isn't the kindest, or the most logical." Enzo chuckled. "Yeah, I guess you're right." We fell silent again, carefully watching the forest around us. Aside from the sounds of the birds and the insects, it was quiet. Hopefully, none of the creatures around us were Mila's shifters. And if they were, hopefully we could be quicker than them.
Finally, a flicker of red caught my attention. I gasped, pointing. "Look!" I exclaimed under my breath. "She's back." "But... no Luke," Enzo pointed out when Daphne flitted out of the cave all by herself. She had promised if she cacross Luke, she would bring him back. It seemed as though she hadn't.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmDaphne flitted over to us and shifted back, crouching in the ferns. "I think I know where he's being kept," she said. She looked at Enzo then. "But I need your blood to get in." "My... blood?" Enzo asked.
She nodded. "A door with a magical seal; I think it leads down to the morgue, and maybe even a whole stew of other places. It's likely where Luke was taken, but it requires a drop of dragon blood to get in. And it needs to be fresh."
Enzo turned to look at me.
Recognition cover uș; he needed to go with her.
And I sure as hell wasn't letting him out of my sight again. "Alright," I said, standing. "Let's go."
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