Chapter 24

Ryver lead us forward and we stood for a moment, waiting for the other men in the group to follow. The women chained to me were whispering in hushed tones, Nya turned an ear in their direction to listen, we caught bits about magic, witches, and fear.

‘They’re not wrong to be afraid, this is clearly the work of witches’ Nya growled to me,

‘Nico will never find this place’ I muttered

‘To hell with Nico’ she snapped back, ‘how exactly are we going to escape this place? I hate to break it to you but no one will be coming to our rescue.’

The realization truly slammed into me like a sack of bricks, I had no one left to even notice I was gone. My mate had rejected me, my almost chosen mate had replaced me, my pack had exiled me. I may as well be in a cage with the magic that encased us here.

‘Everything has a weakness’ I told her firmly, ‘even this place’ But we could both feel each other’s apprehension.

A few moments later Heath and Fig approached from the stairs.

“All clear and the gate