Rapture (Hades Castle Trilogy Book 2) by C.N. Crawford

Author:C.N. Crawford [Crawford, C.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-13T18:30:00+00:00

23

Samael

In the dungeon of the Iron Fortress, I stared at the mortal man tied to a chair. He was still unconscious, his chest rising and falling slowly.

My instinct was to end him now—a swift and brutal death. But that wasn’t why he was here. He was here to give me as much information as possible about the arrival of the Harrower.

A few candles hung in sconces in the walls, and the light wavered over his slumped body. Down here, there were no windows to let moonlight in—only a stone ceiling, curving above us, and cramped cells where mortals had once trapped each other. Kings and queens had been murdered in here, as well as countless traitors.

Today, I’d shed more blood. But at least it served a higher purpose.

The mortal’s crow fluttered around the dungeon, squawking. I felt a pang of pity for the creature. He should not witness what was about to happen to his human friend, but I hadn’t been able to get rid of him. He kept finding a way in.

I glanced behind me at Lila and found her expression grim. She seemed very much on edge, ready to pounce at any moment.

“You shouldn’t be here for this, Lila,” I said.

“If you were betrayed by one of your closest friends, if you were left in the hands of the people he’d convinced you to attack, would you really miss the opportunity to see his interrogation?”

I turned back to the mortal, growing impatient now. I could snuff his life out as quickly as blowing out a candle, and with as little remorse. He had, after all, faked a photograph to convince Lila I’d murdered her sister.

Slowly, his eyes started to open. An expression of dawning dread crept over his features.

“Hello, mortal.” I wanted him, first and foremost, to understand that he had no control here. “If you give me the answers to the questions I want, I may grant you a quick death instead of an excruciating one.”

His cheeks paled. “Bloody hell. I … I know very little. I’m probably not the person you want. I’m not important. You can’t hurt me just because I don’t know things!”

“No … you aren’t important.” A plain statement of fact. “But you can tell me who is.”

His gaze flicked behind me. “Lila. Lila. Lila!” He sounded hysterical, his voice ragged. “Lila is important. Why don’t you start with her? She should be chained up. She’s the one you should be hurting.”

“This is nonsense,” Lila hissed. “You liar.”

“Lila is right.” I got the impression he was saying whatever he needed to to save his own skin. I let my wings spread out wide behind me, blocking him from looking at Lila. “Who is actually important?”

Raw fear flickered over his features. I’d start with the easy questions. Once he got used to answering those, I’d move on to the real questions.

“When did you join the Free Men?” I asked.

Frantically, the mortal flexed his wrists, straining against the rope. “Not long ago. What do you want to know? I will tell you what I know, but it isn’t much.

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