His Dark Obsession

28. In the Crypt

ZEDKIEL.

“Maybe if I can get in and try to see if something is stuck…” Zlahra says, falling to her knees and peering into the tiny opening.

“None of us are going to fit down there.” I say, unease filling me.

“And you may be the smallest of us all, but I think you forget that your ass is far from tiny.” Kash says bending down beside her.

“Piss off.” She hisses, shoving him right where he’s injured.

He curses as he clutches his shoulder and looks forward again.

“Force won’t work. The building is in ruins.” Ziahra says, looking up.

“Let’s try to pry it open.” I suggest, letting go of Evelyn’s hand as she steps back silently.

It takes the four of us to pry the sandstone entrance open, pulling and pushing the rocks that should have repositioned themselves.

I hear something crack and break and the stones begin moving again and we all move back.

“Thank the gods,” Ziahra says.

“More like us for getting it working. You were giving up hope, remember?” Kash reminds her arrogantly.

“I doubt you did any of the hard work. You’re pretty useless with that injury.” She taunts him back as she edges forward.

That darkness I can feel, the chilling, sinister vibe of this place growing stronger.

“Should we draw straws to see who goes first?” Kash mocks and exhales done with his antics.

Can he not feel the evil? He smirks as he pushes past me.

“I’ll lead.” He offers, brushing past Ziahra who was about to take her first step. He smirks mockingly at her.

“I do hope you fall and break that face of yours.” She sneers.

“You sure you want to ruin this face?”

What the fuck is with these two?

He confidently takes the first few steps. Ziahra steps onto the first step slowly, the stone crumbling from beneath her feet.

hand?” Kash

fine.

scared of having to be in your presence.” Kash shoots back. “Even the dead would rise to get away from

I will push you.” She snaps, giving him a light

for balance, and I hear Evelyn chuckle

back at the entrance, the weight

down, her vampire comrade right behind

in next, and

to be ok.”

She nods.

don’t let

held in sconces come alive, bathing the

clear that we are not just in any room, but in a

the room. Each one

is open, the lid leaning against

be putting me in there?” Evelyn asks, and for the first time, I think I see fear in her eyes as

as she heads to the altar that overlooks

Evelyn breathes as Ziahra began lighting some old

a crypt? This screams

as cheap as magic.” Ziahra

stop

shoots back, her eyes darting to the tombs. “That one there looks cosy and it has your name all over it.” She taunts him, giving him a scathing look before she turns back to

to Evelyn and t think I see the

when he notices the large black stone coffin

on the tomb… Was there a time when this place breathed any

surface, the

you picturing yourself in there?” Ziahra remarks, as

brow. “You really are coated in sugar, aren’t you?” he says

and who knows what else, if you don’t shut your face hole.” She hits

stop fucking bickering!” I growl,

feeling aren’t helping with these

and turns to the

“Gray…”

finally have a name

beginning to wonder if I’d have to give him

forward, raising his head to acknowledge that he is