Ill Will: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance (Bonds of Blood Book 1) by Cate Corvin

Author:Cate Corvin [Corvin, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

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TORI

The rest of the week passed without incident from either demons or vampire knights, which was just the way I liked it.

What I didn’t like was Will’s newfound protectiveness that seemed to have come out of nowhere.

Ermengol tossed us in the jungle biome for training that week. “It’ll be just like Indiana Jones, my precious little doves. NOW GO GET THAT BLOOD-RUBY OR YOUR ASSES ARE MINE!”

Aislin Liddell and the rest of Lux were already halfway up the side of the Aztec pyramid, and most of Tenebris had orders to tail them and hinder their quest in whatever way possible. I squinted up at the glittering sandstone steps. “Is this a replica, or did some crazy headmaster actually decide to transplant an entire pyramid into underground New York?”

“Try option two.” Will bypassed the main steps and led me, Sura, and Gilcrist along the side, crashing through thick undergrowth. The humidity was localized to the jungle biome, but I was already sweating through my shirt. “Pretty sure it was in the 1850s, when P.T. Barnum was stealing the limelight with his museum.”

“So… people toured down here to see a real Aztec pyramid? They let in humans?”

“No. I think just having the thing was enough to satisfy the need for one-upmanship. Who cares about Barnum’s flea circus when you’ve got this?”

Gilcrist swiped glittering sweat off his forehead. “I’d take almost anything over this.”

A portion of the pyramid’s base was a little lighter in color. Will and Sura pushed against it, and a secret door slid aside, revealing a pitch-black passageway. “Knew it was still here,” Sura said. He grabbed an old torch off a wall bracket that looked distinctly un-Aztec to me and pulled a lighter out of his pocket.

When our torch was blazing, we filed into the tunnel, Sura leading the way. A hundred yards in, a dry, rasping sound filled the still air, and Sura stopped.

“What is that?” I peered around him, but the blackness ahead was impenetrable.

“If you get vertigo, don’t look down.” Sura held the torch out, illuminating the way ahead. The hall suddenly narrowed into a rail-less stone bridge only a foot wide, dropping ten feet on either side.

Snakes filled the bottom of the pit, their scales glittering under the torchlight in a rainbow of hues, sliding over and under each other in a writhing mass. Their pale underbellies flashed white.

Bile rose in the back of my throat. “A literal snake pit. That’s… super cool.”

I hated the creepy-crawly little fuckers, the way they coiled in endless loops, how fast they moved when they wanted to strike, the pale translucence of their fangs. Fuck. Snakes.

“Can you keep going, Tori?” Will’s voice was quiet.

I swallowed, willing my stomach to stop lurching. “Yeah. I just… ugh, I just hate snakes so much.”

“I know, I remember you said something about that this summer.” Will shifted behind me. “I forgot about this part, or I would’ve sent you with everyone else…”

“No, I can do this. It’s just snakes. No big deal.”

Sura held the torch high to illuminate the bridge all the way across.

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