Twenty-Two: The Kiss.

ELIANA.

"We really should get going."

Looking back and forth at the empty halls, we made our way back down in the same direction that we came. From here, to the dungeon and then out through the stable.

"You see, you actually needed my help.” Denver scoffed all knowingly. “You in fact couldn't have done this on your own" He referenced what I’d told him when we first got here and I rolled my eyes to the back.

Partly, because what he said was true.

"That makes two apologies that you owe me" He hissed and even though it may have been true, there was no way he was getting anything from

me. We jumped into the dungeon and wasted no second to walk out through the door that led into the stable.

The air in here was warm and dry and I felt something prick the back of my throat. All that was here was just bundles of hay laying around and a couple of tools. I looked up at the door—and it wasn’t so far off.

We were almost out.

Very nearly, in fact.

When suddenly, we heard voices echo through t