Chapter 242: Caught in Limbo

Nina

Somehow, I managed to daze all of the guards at once.

But Enzo and I didn’t have time to stand around and try to figure out how I did it. There was no knowing exactly how long this spell of mine would last, and for all we knew Selena had already been alerted to our location. We seemed to have an unspoken agreement to run as fast as we could, and that was exactly what we did. We ran across the large lawn that led up to the mansion, weaving through the stupefied guards, and bolted up the steps to another door that was slightly off to the side. We could reuse the same entrance we had used before, but we also couldn’t simply walk in through the front doors. Instead, we used a small wooden door that was tucked into the corner of the mansion; and, much to my surprise, it opened to a set of stairs that were going down.

With one last apprehensive look at each other, Enzo and I shut the door behind us and began our descent.

The stairs led to some sort of old root cellar. The floors and walls were all made of cobblestone, and when I flicked on my phone’s flashlight, I noticed that there were rows of shelves containing all sorts of weapons.

This wasn’t a cellar; it was an armory.

And it was a packed one, at that.

Enzo walked over to a shelf that contained a large amount of swords and picked one up, inspecting it in the light of my flashlight.

“Damn,” he said quietly, turning the blade this way and that. “It looks razor sharp.”

I swallowed nervously. “Put it back,” I said. “We need to move.”

Enzo nodded and slowly put the sword back on the rack. I never explained to him the premonition that I saw in the portal about my life being intertwined with Selena’s, but I had a feeling that he knew something about it. But now wasn’t the time to talk about it.

ever get to talk again after tonight. If I was going to die, then I didn’t want Enzo stopping me. Selena had to be stopped for the sake

to keep myself going was hope that what

those were just the

and I quietly made our way through the armory, which branched off into several tunnels. The longer we walked, in fact, the more I realized that there must

so far that I couldn’t even see where it

had all sorts of

what had happened that night; how did it come to be that the Crescents only managed to steal me and kill my mother? Was it just pure

gently, squeezing my hand. “You don’t have to worry about that now. There are bigger things to think about

make me feel any better. In fact, they only made

and echoed through the damp tunnels. I clamped my hand over my mouth, but there

and pulled me close, hugging me tightly while I cried. His chest

bend down to my level

my head, but Enzo’s gaze never wavered, and I knew that I

the portal when we came to rescue you, I…” My voice faltered. I couldn’t continue any longer, and another sob escaped

know,” Enzo replied. “I’ve heard the legend. But it’s just that:

not?” I cried. “What if I don’t have

shook his head. “Do

tears with the back of my hand.

his soft brown eyes fixed unwaveringly on me. I nodded,

replied.

and took the flashlight out of my hand, then began to lead me further into the tunnels. “All you have to do tonight

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