10 - Marked for Extinction: Games of the Underworld by YD La Mar & Skylar Evans

Author:YD La Mar & Skylar Evans [MAR, YD LA & Evans, Skylar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Games of the Underworld#10
Published: 2023-05-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Vik

Inés. I needed to save her. I needed to get us both out of here.

I torturously crawled over to her and pulled myself over the mattress. We were the only ones left. The only ones. We needed each other's strength.

“Inés. Inés, I’m so sorry,” I croaked. It was all my fault. She should have never followed me out into the woods. She should have never…

Another scream tore from her and it felt as if it seeped under my own flesh, ripping it out. Both of our souls were scarred. Both of us put through more than any human body should be able to take, yet here we were, still alive. Why?

I scooted close to her and lifted a hand to wipe away her tears. Cradling her face, I stared into the eyes of a woman who wanted nothing more than to end her existence. I was there just moments ago, wasn’t I? If they didn’t throw Inés in here, I might have found a way to take my own life. But now that I knew she was still alive, I couldn’t bring myself to do it. She needed me.

I scooted again and cradled her head against my chest, letting her cry against me, letting her use whatever strength I had left for herself. Her sobs were so heart wrenching, it shook us both on the dirty mattress.

“I'm sorry for what happened to you, I’m sorry for what happened to me,” I mumbled against her hair. Taking a deep breath, I wrapped my arms around her, noticing my own wounds as I embraced her tightly.

“Listen to me, we’ll survive this, you hear me? We won’t let them break us. We’re getting out of here one way or another,” I stated confidently before taking a stuttering breath to hold back my own tears. “And I plan to make all of them suffer.”

Though I didn't see any way we could, I had to believe it. We were the only people we knew that were here in this torture house. The worst they could do to us was turn us into one of them, but they wouldn’t dare. Not after what they did. They knew their lives would be in danger if they gave us that much power to fight back. I’m sure memories didn’t disappear because of transformation.

Inés hissed when I adjusted my embrace and I grimaced. Her back was full of wounds, her skin torn.

They did this to her because she decided to come with me. This was all my fault. I was going to make them all pay.

I rocked her and hummed until her sobs died down. Once she slowly drifted off to sleep, I slipped her body down onto the bed to give her a more comfortable position. Her arms wouldn’t allow it, but she was too tired at this point to notice their awkward angle.

I leaned my back against the wall, sitting on the bed, staring at the door anxiously waiting for what was to come. Scenarios began to run through my mind.

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