Heroic Heroines: A First in Series Starter Set by Workman RaShelle & James Rachel

Author:Workman, RaShelle & James, Rachel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Booklover Legion
Published: 2023-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

For ten minutes, the four of us moved along at a medium jog following after Wyatt. I figured he was trying to make up time. The twists and turns were like any corn maze. Hard, dirt-covered ground and even a faint stench of popcorn filled the air.

Oakus had his talons permanently buried in my side until it was numb with pain.

“I like this one,” Fallon said, coming up beside Penelope. “It isn’t as scary as the lava.”

“I have a feeling it isn’t going to stay this way,” I said over my shoulder, sensing danger.

“Diana’s right. Don’t get complacent,” Penelope added.

At that moment, someone screamed.

“See?” Penelope said.

Wyatt picked up the pace, and so did I. Penelope and Fallon kept up and were close behind. After an incredibly sharp turn, Wyatt slid to a stop, and I ran into him.

“Oof.” I moved to stand at his shoulder.

The other half of our team was in a predicament. Cohen was stretched across an opening while Vivian and Holly had their arms wrapped around him.

“Hurry up,” Cohen grunted.

Without missing a beat, Wyatt jumped across the opening and then put his paws on Cohen’s arms.

Cohen cried out as Wyatt’s sharp claws dug into his biceps.

I hurried over and took hold of Cohen’s feet.

“Thank you,” Cohen said, his voice filled with pain.

Pen wrapped her arms around my waist.

“Hurry up and cross,” Fallon said, leaning over and taking Holly’s hand.

The opening went the full length of the maze, so there was no way to cross except doing it the way Wyatt did, by becoming a wolf. Holly and her group had decided not to change.

I peered over into the opening. Something was down there in the darkness. Whatever it was, it kept squeaking. I looked closer, using my wolf senses. My eyes zeroed in on thousands of rats, only these didn’t look quite right. They had fangs sort of like… “Are those vampire rats?” I asked, my stomach turning in revulsion.

“I think so,” Holly said as she made it to the other side and stood, adjusting her clothes.

I shuddered. I didn’t like rats under normal circumstances, but these were worse. There were so many down there, and they seemed to be swarming over something. “Where’s Billie?” I asked, my heart picking up speed.

Holly looked away.

“Where is she?” My pulse was ratcheting so fast I thought everyone would hear it, but I didn’t care.

Vivian made it across and shook her head. “She fell,” she admitted, giving Holly a sideways glance.

“She was weak,” Holly said, her face filled with disgust before starting away from the rest of us.

“I think all of her muscles have crowded out her brain cells. That girl is dumb as a rock,” Penelope said.

“But she’ll be okay?” I looked at Wyatt when I asked because he’d said no one would die, but Billie wasn’t moving.

He whined. I wasn’t sure what that meant. “We can’t leave her,” I added.

Cohen kicked out of my grasp and lifted himself up on the other side before Fallon, Pen, and I could cross.

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