The Extreme Horror Collection: Three Novel Box Set by Lee Mountford

Author:Lee Mountford [Mountford, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

The steep, dark stairwell had taken them down to a subterranean level and brought them out into a long, wide passageway that, to Adrian, had more than a passing resemblance to a dungeon.

The walls were stone, as was the curved ceiling, but the ground they walked on was dirt. Torches were fixed to the walls, and there were grated doors at regular intervals along both walls all the way to the end of the long passageway.

Ominous grunts, moans, and some decidedly inhuman sounds could be heard from whatever lay beyond the metal doors.

‘It isn’t safe down here,’ Sean said, and Adrian had to agree. While he’d never felt particularly safe in the asylum, the fear in him now spiked, and his thoughts turned back to the abomination he had seen outside of his room a couple of nights ago. Were the things inside these cells down here similar creatures? If so, that meant the group were in real danger.

‘I say we go back,’ Seymour said.

The idea was appealing, but going back meant certain capture, so instead, Adrian studied the thick metal bars on the doors—they looked strong and sturdy, and evidently had been sufficient to hold back whatever was inside. As long as that remained the case, were they really in any immediate danger?

‘Go, then,’ Adrian told him.

‘And you’re just going to stay down here, are you?’ Seymour asked.

‘What else am I supposed to do, Seymour? You made it perfectly clear what my situation is. If I go back, then I get blamed for what happened to that orderly—’

‘Well, you did kill him,’ Seymour snapped.

‘Only because you brought him to me. I was happy being left alone,’ Adrian said and pushed Seymour, who backpedaled a few steps.

‘Stop,’ Sean said meekly. ‘This won’t help.’

But Seymour—never one to keep his anger in check or to think things through—ignored him and shoved Adrian in return. ‘Don’t you dare lay your hands on me,’ he said. ‘Typical of someone like you, always blaming others for your mess.’

‘Typical of someone like you,’ Adrian countered, ‘to always use others for your own benefit.’ He lunged forward, thrusting his palms into Seymour’s chest again, pushing him as hard as he could and this time sending Seymour toppling to the floor. ‘I’m warning you,’ Adrian said, ‘don’t push me any further.’

Seymour looked enraged and slowly got back up to his feet. Adrian braced himself for an attack. ‘Or what?’ Seymour asked. ‘You’ll tear my throat open too? Like you did to that orderly?’

‘I might,’ Adrian said.

‘I’d like to see you try.’

Seymour then ran at Adrian, and the two wrestled with each other, each trying to gain the upper hand. As they fought, they stumbled over to one of the side walls of the corridor. There, Seymour managed to get the upper-hand and forced Adrian back until Adrian was pushed into the cold metal of one of the doors.

Seymour then wrapped his meaty hands around Adrian’s throat and squeezed. Adrian struggled for breath, and he heard Sean’s feeble pleas for them to stop, but he had no intention of listening.

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