Leave The World Behind (Goth Drow Unleashed Book 2) by Martha Carr & Michael Anderle

Author:Martha Carr & Michael Anderle [Carr, Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-02-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Five minutes later, Rhynehart pulled the Jeep onto a dirt frontage road leading into a wooded area. On such a clear day, Cheyenne could see for miles. She saw the open expanse of flat land, cleared of trees, five minutes before they pulled up. The other side of the open space, a steadily sloping rise of layered gray rock, looked like an empty campground more than anything.

Great. He’s gonna drive me off the edge of a cliff, and there’s no one around to see it happen. Good luck, Rhynehart.

The Jeep crunched to a stop at the end of the frontage road. Rhynehart got out without a word. Cheyenne stayed where she was and watched him walk away from the Jeep with his hands on his hips. He laced his fingers together behind his back and pushed out for a nice stretch, then peered over his shoulder to catch her gaze. “We don’t have all day, halfling.”

Cheyenne let the crumpled silver wrapper of the FRoE energy bar drop on the floor. She stepped outside. The air was crisp and fresh, the sun beating down, and she smelled saltwater in the air. Far below the edge of that shallow incline of sloping gray rock, the waters of Chesapeake Bay crashed against the side of the cliff.

All the way to the coast. Yeah, the surf on the rocks down there would be a good place to hide a body.

Cheyenne stepped in front of the Jeep and spread her arms. “What are we doing here?”

“I told you already. We came to have a little chat.”

“With the ocean?”

“If you quit talking long enough to pay attention, halfling, your questions’ll answer themselves.” Rhynehart cocked his head and waved her forward. “Let’s go.”

With a sigh, Cheyenne headed toward him. The sun was warm on her face, the breeze from the ocean carrying mist with it from the edge of the cliff. She approached Rhynehart and brushed strands of black hair from her face. “I still have questions.”

The man shot her an irritated glance, then walked forward and disappeared.

“Uh, what?” Cheyenne spun around to search the empty dirt road and the empty Jeep sitting at the end of it. The woods were empty and still, and the waves kept crashing against the cliffs hundreds of feet below. “Huh.”

Raising her eyebrows, the drow halfling walked to where Rhynehart had disappeared and felt a tremble in the air around her. The world darkened. “Whoa.”

A tall spire of slate-gray stone rose high in front of her, leaving her in its long shadow and blocking her from the sun. The tower was surrounded by a dozen other buildings with more buildings behind those, maybe stretching all the way back to the cliff. They looked like pictures she’d seen of castles built centuries ago in Scotland, although the electric gate in front of them was from this century like the little gate tower beside it and the rust-colored metal doors on all the buildings.

“How’s that hip?” Beside her, Rhynehart smirked, his arms folded.

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