Elemental Trial: Book 2 (Paranormal Outcasts) by Sean Fletcher

Author:Sean Fletcher [Fletcher, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Epic Worlds Publishing
Published: 2021-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

I didn’t wait for permission to make a break for it, but took off after Ari and Mitch.

“Don’t let them out of this block!” the wolf shifter snarled. This was followed by a piercing howl that sent a tremor through me and roused the remaining inmates. Most jeered as I ran past. I couldn’t tell if they were encouraging me to escape or cheering for me to get caught.

“Riley! Behind you!” Ari yelled.

I spun—right as the wolf shifter leapt at me.

I kicked without thinking, managing to clip the wolf’s front paws and causing her to splay as she landed. Her jaws snapped at my arms but before she could attack again Mitch, in full lion form, barreled into her side.

“Stop gaping and run!” he roared at me.

I didn’t need to be told twice. Ari’s cheetah form cut right around the corner, leading the way. I ducked a prisoner’s grasping hands and skidded to follow her. My feet slipped and I nearly went sprawling. Teeth clamped on the back of my shirt and dragged me back. I flailed, trying to break free.

“I’ve got you, hold still!” Ari said.

I planted my feet and crouched beside her right as Mitch ran past. “I’ll draw them off and meet you later! You two find my son. We’re not leaving without him.”

And then he was gone. I backed up, ushering Ari with me, as the wolf shifters sprinted past, followed by no fewer than four other guards, some of them shifters, others vampires.

“Back. Back up,” I whispered. “Take this hallway to the end—”

The alarm blared again, cutting off my words. I clamped my hands over my ears. The movement caught the attention of the next couple guards as they ran past. They both shifted into wolves and advanced on us, growling. I felt Ari tug on the back of my shirt again.

“Time to jump.”

“Time to…”

I looked back. Over the railing from where we stood was another platform—perhaps for maintenance or something—cutting the distance from us and the first floor in half.

“That gap’s too big,” I said.

“No it’s not. Jump.”

“Ari, I’m telling you—”

The wolves began to charge. We were out of time. Pushing aside my fear, I leapt up, braced my arms against the railing, and threw myself over it right as the nearest wolf snapped at the back of my head. Ari did the same, her long cheetah form extended in athletic perfection as she stretched gracefully toward our landing point.

I wish I could say I looked half as elegant.

My stomach hit the dead center of the railing below, knocking the air out of me with the force of a professional boxer’s punch. I gasped, trying to keep from blacking out as I gingerly rolled myself the rest of the way over and collapsed onto the platform.

“Get up!” Ari said. “They’re right behind us!”

I used her shoulders to leverage myself to standing, shooting a glance back at our pursuers. The two wolves were glaring down at us, clearly not willing to risk making the jump.

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