Demigods Academy - Book 9: The Wheel Of Time (Demigods Academy series) by Elisa S. Amore & Kiera Legend

Author:Elisa S. Amore & Kiera Legend [S. Amore, Elisa & Legend, Kiera]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DreamInkes Publishing
Published: 2021-11-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

NICOLE

After we ate, we slept, as we didn’t have anything better to do. This wasn’t a vacation and we weren’t staying in a Holiday Inn. I could’ve sat on my cot and seethed with anger for hours, but that wasn’t going to do me or Cassandra or anyone any good. Eating and conserving energy was the smart play here, as was trying to think of a way out, so I didn’t want us to be distracted by playing any games that would help to pass the time. I would find a way to escape, I would find an opening in their defenses to exploit. I would. Eventually. For now, I needed to be strong, and patient.

Patience was not my greatest virtue.

I didn’t know how long I was asleep for before one of the undead poked me in the gut with the tip of his spear, jolting me out of a light sleep. It grunted at me as I bolted upright, blinking rapidly as my eyes adjusted to the dim light. Looking over at the Hours I noticed that the one Goddess who was awake and sitting motionless on her cot was dressed in a dark dress and her skin was also tinged blue, so it made sense that it was sometime in the night right now. Her sisters were all asleep, and would remain so until it was their Hour, so they weren’t a likely source of help. The zombie grunted at me again, jerking its spear through the air. I didn’t speak zombie, but from its rudimentary attempt to communicate I assumed he wanted me to get up and go with him. I looked over at Cassandra, she too had been woken and was being poked with the spear, which was dull but still kind of hurt.

After my ankle cuff was unlocked, which too forever because the zombie had rotten stumps for fingers, I was forced, by a constant jab in the back with the spear, to leave our cave and return to the large cavern and to where the Corpse King sat on his stone throne. I wondered if he’d even moved from when we saw him hours ago. I mean, he was a zombie, so he didn’t have to eat or drink or use the facilities, so what was he doing all day? It wasn’t like he had a smart phone to cruise Insta with. He was probably dreaming about his revenge.

“I hope you got enough beauty sleep because now we have work to do.” He stood the instant he saw me and Cassandra, then moved over to us. The way he moved was unnerving. He’d retained some semblance of the way a human body moved, the mechanics of it, but it had been mixed with a predatory wolfish prowl and the awkward jerking stumble of the undead. I wonder if he was aware that he was so obviously not who he once was, and if so, if he cared.

“Maybe if you just told me what

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