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She pressed her lips together “Me and the Guardian”
My hands dropped froh me as I took a step away froh the torrent of thoughts sloshing through my mind “But, that can’t be The Guardian couldn’t leave He was the one guarding the portal He’s the one who keeps the Underworld, under the world, and separate” I squeaked the last part, but Apryl’s daze didn’t fade She gazed around the roos of interest that didn’t exist I placed et her attention Her dull eyes htened , so whoever did this was more powerful than hter into her shoulder, “Apryl Is he dead?”
Apryl twisted her shoulders and I released rasp on her Her hands moved frantically, as she shook her head “I don’t know I can’t re I can’t… Remember” She looked up at me with vacant eyes, eyes that had seen too much
I glanced over her shoulder The feeling that ere being watched didn’t subside There was still so I wrapped an to usher her towards the portal “You’re co with me”
Apryl followed me until I spoke, at which point her feet came to an abrupt stop She shook her head from side to side “I can’t leave I can’t! Ivy, don’t ers to the sides of her head So behind her moved I didn’t need any ers around her arm and pulled her to the portal I placeda shivering Apryl ahead of me, we stepped over the threshold and the stone tomb slid shut behind us
CHAPTER SEVEN
Gazing into the darkness, I couldn’t tell what I was looking at Above us was aelse The door to the Underworld was at my back Apryl was squashed next to me We were trapped inside a toht space see to herself words that I couldn’t understand I told her it would be alright and began to try and slide es of the marble, but there was no way I could lift it Normally, I would have effonated away froan to pool in et out of the tomb
Apryl’s s soon stopped when she seemed to realize that ere stuck She sniffled and said, “PortosUglamaya” When she touched the stone with her hand, her arh the solid rock It was if the marble had turned to milk She retracted her hand and looked at me “You’re a shitty Valefar” A smirk crossed her lips as she shook off the rest of the somber haze The marble rippled as ht It’s tiet out of here” And without another word, she shoved me into the stone
Panic shot through me as the cold stone surrounded me I couldn’t breathe I couldn’t screah the space The rapid beat of my heart echoed in , half swiet out The cool stone slid overJust when I didn’t think I could stand it for another rabbed my shoulder and jerked me out of the milky stone I fell on the dark slate floor inside the o was at my side Apryl stood next to me and I was on my butt at her feet
“You can’t stay in there What’s the matter with you?” she asked She looked down at me like I was an idiot
Sliding s under me, I rose and brushed off my jeans “I’ve never done that before What did you do?”
She arched an eyebrow at me in disbelief The corner of her mouth twitched into a smile “You are a Valefar, aren’t you? I mean, you smell weird, but you don’t smell human either And you aren’t Martis?” I shook my head and sneered as she said Martis “Then what are you? Because if you were a Valefar, you could do basic things Even with ed, I could do it”
“You were drugged? That’s why you were so despondent?” My brows bunched together as I stared at her She seeain, well normal for the Valefar version of Apryl
She nodded, “Yeah, so like that I can’t remember what cut me loose from the Pool, but I remember that the Guardian and I were both there, and then eren’t After that I wandered around unaware of dangers aroundme towards that portal Myfor the correct word, “addled I couldn’t think It felt likeWhen you pulled h the portal, it lifted and I slowly realized as happening Which brings us back to you… ” She cocked her hip and tilted her head at h the stone?”
I folded e toh to get outside My eyes cut back toward Apryl “I’m not a Valefar I’ to trapto kill me I have a Seeker after me, who used to be ood Martis into a psychotic Valefar He also wants to kill me, but it seems he’d rather torture me first” Apryl’s jaly dropped as I spoke Her brows sliding further up her face as the list of crazy people following ood company Not unless you have a death wish, but I couldn’t leave you there either Not like that”
She nodded towards the exterior es the size of h the door”