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.

hold your hand?” Kash

fine. Don’t tell me you’re scared?”

to be in your presence.” Kash shoots back. “Even the dead

push you.” She snaps, giving him a light

grabbing the walls for balance, and I hear Evelyn chuckle at

entrance, the

falls quiet, following Kash down, her vampire

step in next, and Evelyn

going to be

She nods.

are never ending and I don’t let

the bottom Ziahra says a single word, and torches held in sconces

a quick glance around makes it clear that we are not just in any room, but in a

stare at the twelve tombs that fill the room. Each one sits

yet one is open, the lid leaning against the

first time, I think

heads to

lighting some old

a crypt?

arts something as cheap as magic.” Ziahra says

can’t really stop me…” Kash counters

to the tombs. “That one there looks cosy and it has your name all over

picturing that puts him off. His gaze flickers to Evelyn and t think I see

stone coffin that’s being strangled in

a time when this

surface, the air is heavy and suffocating

in there?” Ziahra remarks, as she finishes what

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

in spiders and who knows what else, if you

you two stop fucking bickering!” I growl, my eyes

and stress I’m feeling aren’t helping with these two constantly at

and turns to the

“Gray…”

have a name for

to wonder if I’d have to give him

raising his head to