Chapter 187 – Plotting
3rd Person
“Bribing the guards?” Bastien suggested, sharing his fifth idea of the morning.
Grayson promptly shot him down. “Tried it.”
“Tunneling out?” Bastien proposed next, determined to find a solution.
“Tried it.” James vetoed.
“Picking the locks?” The Alpha offered hopefully.
“That was like the first thing any of us tried.” Grayson drawled.
“Faking an illness?” Bastien throw out, feeling more and more defeated with every rejected idea.
“Tried it.” James confirmed, feeling no small margin of sympathy for the man. He knew how he would have felt if Blaise had caught Corinne, and even without knowing Selene, he was desperate to help his daughter. He and his mate had sacrificed everything for her, and it had been hard enough to hear the story Bastien told him about her life, he couldn’t al low her to suffer further.
Just then a familiar voice floated out of the darkness to wards the, somewhere to the left of their cells. “Would you
gentlemen like some assistance?”
“Who’s there?” Grayson demanded sharply.
“Helene?” Bastien exclaimed, sitting up in excitement.
“Hello there Alpha.” She greeted him warmly, appearing suddenly in the triangle of space between the three cells.
“Alpha? Grayson repeated, “You never mentioned you were an Alpha.” Unfortunately for Grayson, he’d been in his weekly torture session when Bastien shared his and Selene’s story with her father.
“Well in his defense I don’t know many Alpha’s who would want to admit they’d gotten themselves into this sort of pick le.” The’witch suggested, sparking his ire.
“And where were you when Blaise took us?” he growled. It hadn’t occurred to him at the time, but now that she wa in front of him he realized the only way she could have gotten away without also becoming prisoner, is if she left before the shit hit the fan.
ran then, so we could all fight another day.” She ex plained, her
with us then, we might have won.” He ar
out of this for
her, have you seen Selene?” Bastien pressed, positively aching
and without her powers, but Blaise
breathed in a sign of relief, even as his heart
“And Lila,
pup is fine. Safe and sound in Asphodel.”
life from his chest. “Can you get us out of
“it’s getting out of the dungeon itself. You’re 20 stories deep here, and every one of
Bastien snarled, all of his
is Grayson?” Helene
me?”
think the revolution died with you,
woman?” Grayson exclaimed, beyond baffled now and
murmured, “A very
a message from your
to talk about himself, which was understandable given the cir cumstances, but Bastien couldn’t help being curious. After all, they were stuck in a cell together with nowhere to go –
a
“He was surprised to learn you were still alive. It was
wait for a full force
“There’s not enough of us – not
“I’m working to help restore
how soon can they get us
won’t be fast.” Something clanged in the dis tance, “We don’t have much time, is there a message you’d like me to give to
her I love her, that I’m so sor ryl let this happen… that
but that you’re sorry.” Helene replied.
force you.” Bastien grumbled, “And
murmured in shock. “But he died. He
Helene corrected her with a wide smile. “I
don’t understand.” Selene admitted, blinking tears from
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