Shifter's University 2: Forest of Lost Souls by K.R. Thompson

Author:K.R. Thompson [Thompson, K.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magic Quill Press
Published: 2017-12-30T16:00:00+00:00

The first thing that I saw when I opened my eyes was Toad’s face.

“Hey,” I managed to say. My face was so swollen that even my lips felt tight.

He let out a slow, uneasy breath. “You had me worried. When they dragged you in here, I was sure they’d killed you. Whatever it is you told them, you definitely gave them the wrong answer.”

“Yeah, they have no sense of humor whatsoever,” I said, wincing as I gingerly picked myself up from the floor to sit on the edge of the bed.

“If I were you, I’d just tell them what they want to hear. I don’t think you’ll live through another of those interrogations.”

He was probably right. I had places hurting that had never hurt in my entire life. Luckily, nothing seemed broken. “I’ll take that chance. I won’t help them.”

There was something else he wanted to say. I could tell from the way he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.

“What is it?”

“One of them saw me watching through the hole in the wall. They wanted me to tell you when you came to that you wouldn’t be the only one to pay—that she would, too.” He paused. “Is there somebody else in here besides the two of us?”

“I don’t know,” I said, shaking my head. “I doubt it.”

“Then why would they threaten you with something like that?”

“Because they know how to get to someone I love…and they know I’d do anything to protect her.” I spotted the small hole beside my door. There were bits of dust and white stuff that hadn’t been there earlier, evidence my friend had been working on the way out while I’d been having the crap beaten out of me. I nodded toward it. “How much farther do you have to go?”

“Not far,” he admitted. “Since they’ve been focused on you and not trying to drain me dry, it’s going a lot faster. I should be through in another hour or so.”

“Then what are you waiting for? Get back to it,” I ordered.

I leaned back on the bed and closed my eyes. A few seconds later, I heard gnawing as he worked on widening his escape route. Somewhere along the way, I drifted off into a fitful sleep, filled with faces. Claire, Lacy, and more from Shifter’s flashed in front of my face, followed by Roger, Christopher, and Victor as they literally pushed the images of the people I cared about away.

I fought, trying to chase them away.

“Wake up,” Toad hissed in my ear. “And quit trying to punch me. I’ve got our way out.”

Not my way out, I noticed. Our way. I opened my eyes, then swung my legs over the side of the bed and stood up, only to sit back down as the world spun like a tilt-a-whirl.

“Easy. I don’t think crawling out of here is an option,” he whispered.

Once the room stopped circling me, I looked at the hole he had made near the door. I could see light on the other side, proof he had indeed made it all the way through.

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