Chapter 18: The land of the undead

Chapter 18 - The land of the undead

I only had to blink twice and Lumi was right back with a speechless Beatrice shaking from fright. The fear coming off her was enough to get my wolf agitated. Seeing Lumi with his fangs out was the only explanation. "What did you do?"

Hearing the accusation in my tone, he frowned. "Saved her from getting her head bitten off." He grabbed my hand. "We need to go." His voice was hard and his expression was serious. There was none of his usual charades and taunting. "We're not the only ones here."

I scoffed as I held Beatrice's hand. "Thought you said there's no one here?" If left to Lumi, he would leave her here.

"I said there's no one living here."

I frowned. "What?" My head snapped to the side when I heard loud footsteps. My jaw dropped when I saw them. Skeletons... moving skeletons. There was a cloud of dust following them as they rushed towards us.

"Hang on," Lumi said. I guess he used his speed again because I couldn't see shit. The more my e