Return of the Real Italian Alphas by Bonnie Burrows

Author:Bonnie Burrows [Burrows, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 24632766
Published: 2015-01-20T07:00:00+00:00

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The gateway led into a large courtyard and further in to a castle that was part of the rocks, jutting upward among the stalactites. The stalactites themselves were huge enough they could easily have been mistaken for spires themselves if their points were not facing downward. There were no answering stalagmites anywhere, suggesting that they’d all been cleared away by whoever had built this place.

The heated air that had been swirling around before they’d come in here was more pronounced now, and after a short search for curiosity’s sake, Rico found a vent allowing the air inside. “It’s very likely that somehow this vent is being fed air from all the way up on the surface. Who knows what kind of network of holes and openings it must have taken to bring it all the way down here.”

“Do you suppose that’s why they chose this spot to put this castle?” Gabriel asked curiously.

“I wouldn’t be at all surprised,” he said. “But the real question is, does anyone occupy the place now?”

“Well, let’s go inside and see what we find,” Betsy said excitedly. She may have missed out on visiting all the other castles but that didn’t mean she couldn’t use this one as a substitute. After all, nobody else had any idea this one was even here.

“You’re loving this, aren’t you?” Gabriel whispered astutely into her ear. “Maybe if the place is actually abandoned we could find somewhere to take a nap. I feel like I’ve been walking for a month.”

“Probably not as long as all that,” Betsy said. “But I know just what you mean.”

“The men have reported that no one seems to be inside,” Rico told them. “It may be safe enough to rest here before we continue.”

“Continue where?” Gabriel asked. “We’re at the bottom of the caves and we’re locked inside this area. Where did you plan on continuing to?”

“There is that,” Rico agreed. “But a good rest may be just what I need to be able to think of something. Who knows, maybe there’s a key to the gate in here somewhere.”

“Wouldn’t that be convenient?” said Gabriel tiredly. “Andare, I am too tired to care just now.”

“It’s strange that we’ve all become so tired, don’t you think?” asked Betsy with a yawn.

“We have been walking for a very long time.”

“No, something is not right about this,” she predicted. “We should set a guard at the very least.”

“Of course,” said Rico. “That goes without saying.”

“Maybe two guards so they can keep each other awake,” Gabriel said. “Sleeping guards won’t do anybody much good.”

“Great idea,” said Rico with a smirk.

Everyone went inside the castle and found a place to sleep. It didn’t take very long for all of them to pass out on the floor. It was no great surprise when they woke later to find that the two guards had also passed out, leaving the party to be easily captured by the twenty knights who were now rousing them from their slumber.

“Are they Templars?” asked Betsy uncertainly.

“They can’t be,” said Rico.

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