Chapter 41

Louise walked to the edge of the tall stones to watch my impromptu bonfire. Only Elizabeth ignored events beyond. Her soulless eyes sought me out in the gloom, alerted to my presence by the metallic song of my sword. As she narrowed her gaze in my direction, the men rose to their feet. Seth leapt for the unguarded weapons and scooped up the two blades.

Alice and I ran. I kept her in my line of sight and only breathed a little easier as we reached Frank. Alice hurtled toward him and threw herself into his arms. Seemed she had decided he was a better option than a sea of vermin. He wrapped his arms around her and grabbed hold of her tighter than if she were a life preserver in a frigid ocean.

Seth jumped back to the centre and handed the machete to Frank. He smiled in my direction. "Nice touch with the grenade, and handy that the Turned are now lighting up the cavern for us."

The fire lent a temporary flare of reflected light to Elizabeth's black gaze that died away as she fixated on