Poison in the Well by Jessica Gunn

Author:Jessica Gunn [Gunn, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-25T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“Well, then.” I touched a cautious finger to the bars of the cage. Nothing had shimmered or flashed on them when Jerrick had shut the door and walked away, so I was pretty sure we wouldn’t be shocked or something. But given what had happened the last time I’d been caged in Landshaft…

My finger brushed the cool metal. In the middle of August, these would be hot even in the nighttime if the cage had been here all day. No, this magik-less cage had been brought here just for us. We were nothing more than entertainment.

“We can’t sit here and swear loyalty to someone who has been and will continue to enslave witches,” Krystin said, cutting a hard glance at Jeremiah.

“I know,” Jeremiah said without moving.

“We also can’t let them go after the Neuians,” Ben said.

Kian shrugged. “So we find a way to end this before they try. Then no one tilts any cianzas or enslaves more witches, and the Neuians don’t get pissed and decide to kill us all.”

“And how do you suppose we do that from inside a cage?” Brian asked.

“We wait,” I said. “Like last time. The requirems are going to wear off eventually. As long as they don’t come and reset them every hour, we should have a gap where at least one of us can teleportante the rest out of here. Or all the way back to Fire Circle Headquarters.”

“Thus negating the purpose of this visit.” Jeremiah was looking out through the bars, watching as the crowd of demons grew. The sneers and insults had stopped. Now, it was more curiosity that shone in their eyes than anything else.

“I think we’re already screwed,” Krystin said. She had her eyes shut as though she were concentrating on something. “Jerrick either gets what he wants or we’re all going to die or be turned into demons.”

“Unless the Neuians find out they have us,” Ben said. “I’m pretty sure Karen is always watching me.”

Krystin opened an eye and looked to Ben. “Is she?”

Ben nodded. “Riley said he’s seen her once or twice.”

Krystin’s expression hardened. “Doesn’t help us here. Like Ava said, we’re going to have to hope one of our requirems wears off before the others or before Jerrick’s buddies reset them. Then we break out and escape Landshaft. There’s no chance of us fighting our way out of this one.”

I closed my eyes, my head shaking. “Unless we can somehow convince all these demons to fight with us instead of against us.”

“Unlikely, despite what we witnessed at Hunter’s Guild,” Kian said. “Not while we’re inside the city.”

We’d come all this way in good faith, to try actually coming to an agreement that wouldn’t result outright war. But Jerrick only cared about his army, not reason. A truce was a longshot, no doubt about that. Still, I had hoped we’d get further along with negotiations than this.

“So we wait,” Jeremiah said as he leaned an arm against the bars. “I see what you mean, by the way.”

“Huh?” I asked.

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