Chapter 62: Scrambling

ALEKSANDR

How had Alpha Kareem just vanished? The only door to the room was the one we’d all just walked through and there was no sign of a break in. The room was well lit, and all of the walls, floor, and ceiling were intact, and the bars on the cell looked perfect.

Slowly approaching them and stretching out to feel the cold steel, I half expected my hand to go right through them, as if they were an optical illusion. It’s the only explanation my brain could come up with to explain his disappearance.

Unfortunately, my skin was met with solid bars every bit as strong as you’d expect in a holding cell. I wrapped my fingers around the bars and squeezed, expecting them to mold into the shape of my hand, but they didn’t.

Whirling on Alpha Cornelis I growl, “How did he get out of here?!”

The look on Alpha Cornelis’ face made it clear that he was just as shocked as the rest of us, but he immediately jumped into action, barking out orders and sending his warriors scrambling to search the