Chapter 770

Chapter 115 : The Puppet Master

I froze as the shadows cleared and I saw the person that had come to the dungeons.

It was Eros.

His eyes widened and he stared at my thorny, waving roots. He cringed slightly.

What the hell was he doing here?

“Is that…” he pointed at Helen.

“What do you want?” I snapped.

Eros cleared his throat, “We need to go. They are coming.”

“Who?”

Before I could react, Eros dodged past the flailing roots. He scooped Helen into his arms.

“Let her go, or I will end you!” I snapped, spinning around and aiming my roots at Eros.

“Really, Mila? Do you want to waste time and fight the entire elite royal guard, or do you want to get out of here?”

I stared at him. He was right. As furious as I was, there was no way I could fight off an entire army and get us out of here easily on my own.

“Follow me, quickly!”

He ran toward the dungeon door and I followed him. There weren’t any other better choices at this point.

Eros confused me. Why was he back here? He had his freedom, he didn’t need to risk his life for me or Helen.

Why didn’t he leave when he had the chance? What was he trying to prove?

Was it possible that he was here because of Ashley? Was he trying to show me, and her, that he wasn’t that horrible after all?

I didn’t know if I could trust him but I followed because I didn’t want him to take Helen out of my sight.

For a moment, I wondered if Eros was still working for the king. It couldn’t be a trick from the king, could it?

There was no way I was letting my guard down around him but if he was going to help, I’d take what I could get. He already had Helen in his arms and I didn’t have any other choice.

“Why are you here?” I asked, hurrying to keep pace with him.

The king freed him. He should have been halfway across the realm by now! Why had he come back?

“I was on my way out, but guess who I saw?”

“Just answer my damn question!”

He glanced at me and the slight smile on his lips faded. He must have realized I wasn’t thinking of him as a friend. Again, he cleared his throat.

lot of them. They were sneaking into the palace using

Soren. Had he caught up to me already? It wouldn’t surprise me.

not sure ‘people’ is

mean

brow and looked at my feet as they hammered down the dungeon hallway. I wanted to know what he was

about

happy to know you’re invading the dungeon, prying into his secrets, and releasing his prisoners. Especially, not so

really think the

I trailed off. It seemed genuine, but now that Eros mentioned it, it seemed strange he would

act. I know too much and he knows it. He just wanted me to think that I was free. As soon as I left the capitol, some ‘accident’ or ‘rogue attack’ would befall me and

“You seem pretty certain.”

“He forgets that I’ve seen him do

That doesn’t make any sense… How would it help solidify your

he wouldn’t need it anymore because he thought I’d go right for

“But why…?”

lot more than the king ever thought I knew. And because of that…

handed me a spray bottle. I arched

on you. It will help

repercussions. Eros had given a fake treatment to Soren once. He could be

a true look of sincerity I didn’t think I’d ever seen from

sniffed the contents. It

looked almost

“Why did you say those people can’t be called

That’s difficult

“Try,” I scoffed.

out the truth soon enough. And then…

What was I getting myself into? What was he hiding from

one of the dungeon hallways. Almost immediately, we came to a dead

whipped around and prepared myself for an attack to come down the hallway, regretting trusting Eros so quickly. “Eros, how dare

be so dramatic,”

shoulder and saw him feeling around the wall. He

a spin dial on a safe lock. He stopped turning with the pointed edge of the

Click. Click.

wall shifted and part of the wall opened up,

“Come on.”

followed closely and as soon as I was on the other side, he pressed a rock in

hurried down the passage and I ran along behind him. We could

just solid stone. Eventually, it became pebbles and gravel. Then, it shifted to solid

It angled upward slightly. I hoped that meant it would lead

were in opened up into what looked like an underground maze. However, this was

this part of the underground passageway. It will lead us

took a few steps and

or snarling. I couldn’t really

those some creatures we had to

Eros said,

go down them, we’d run into whoever, or whatever, was

need to hide…” Eros ducked behind a rock, holding Helen

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