Dusk Stalker (The Devil of Harrowgate Book 2) by Katerina Martinez

Author:Katerina Martinez [Martinez, Katerina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Supernal Publishing
Published: 2020-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

I woke up in a cold sweat with half a name on my lips, my heart hammering inside of my throat. I sat upright, careful not to hit my head against the ceiling, and placed my hand against my chest. Deep breaths, I thought, take long, deep breaths. Calm down. But I couldn’t calm down. The sound of my thundering heart was, at the same time, inside of my own chest and bouncing off the walls of my cell with an echo.

It was disorienting. The sound made the world feel like it was tilting on its axis, tipping like it wanted to try and throw me off my own bed. I shut my eyes, pinching them closed, and counted to ten in my head. Then I heard it.

“Six.”

The voice was like a whisper. An echo itself, fluttering into the cell through the open door. The open door. It was dark, late, way past lights out, but the cell door was open. There was no movement outside. No light from the guard’s post on the opposite side of the block.

“Alexa,” I whispered.

Nothing.

“Alexa, you awake?” I asked, my voice rising a little.

Still, nothing. Slowly, I slid out of my bunk and dropped to the floor. When I spun around, Alexa’s bed was empty—but it wasn’t just empty. It was ruffled, messy… and I could smell blood nearby. Instantly my hackles rose, as more of that metallic scent touched my nostrils.

It was coming from her bed. From her sheets. It was in the fibers of her mattress, her covers, her pillow. There was even blood on the floor, still wet, and cold, and stark black against the concrete floor.

My heart skipped, then hammered again like it wanted to break out of my throat and go for a run. I spun around, following the trail of blood leading out of Alexa’s bed, out of the cell, and into the silent darkness of D-Block.

There was nobody out there. Not a sound. Not a shred of light, or movement. I wanted to call for someone, maybe Azlu, but if something had happened, I would be announcing myself to the entire cell block. It was so quiet out there, the slightest of sounds would’ve drawn attention, so I had to stay light on my feet.

Slowly, I approached the cell door and pressed my back against it. I peered around the door, taking a quick glance of D-Block before sliding back into my cover. With that quick scan I’d noticed the guard post was shut down, there were no guards present, and every other door on the block was open.

Something had happened, something big, and I’d slept through it?

None of it made sense. I was too lucid to be dreaming, too alert, too awake. This had to be real, but if it was real, then where the hell was everyone? Where was Alexa? Where was Azlu? Hell, where was Knives? Maybe this was her doing. Maybe she was getting ready to jump me as soon as I made a move out of my cell.

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