Chapter 70 : The Ancient City

*Eliza* "Jared! What’s happening, talk to me!"

I shook him trying to get him to open his eyes again.

My ears rang with his screams of pain.

What was happening to him? Was it because of this cave?

"What’s going on?" Abe asked, running back to us.

"I don’t…."

The air around Jared’s body quivered and bursts of dark energy flowed out of him, his power erupting around us.

This was not good….

"Jared…."

"Eliza, we’ve gotta get out of here," Abe said, grabbing my wrist.

I yanked out of his grasp.

"No, I’m not leaving him." I dropped to my knees and put my arms around Jared’s neck, hugging him tightly.

"Eliza!"

"He’s trying to fight it," I said.

I could see it in his face.

His eyes were closed, but every muscle in his body was tense beyond belief.

The struggle might have been internal, but he was fighting.

"Eliza…."

I snapped my head up.

That voice… some soft whisper in the darkness called to me.

Had I actually heard a voice or was I imagining things? "Eliza…."

No, I was definitely not imagining it.

I glanced at Abe, and he was just staring at me and Jared.

I didn’t think he’d heard the voice.

Did that mean…? I looked around the cave.

Suddenly, a young boy appeared from the shadows.

It was the same boy I’d seen before.

He moved through the cave shadows like he was part of them.

They concealed bits of his body, but I could always see his face.

"Eliza."

"I see you.What do you want?" I asked, hugging Jared’s neck tighter.

"I want to help you."

The boy pointed to Jared.

"Do you know how I can help him? Do you know what I need to do?"

I practically begged.

Seeing little boys hanging around with mysterious wisdom who didn’t seem visible to other people shouldn’t have been such a relief to me.

But if this kid could give me what I needed to help Jared, I wasn’t going to turn him away.

"Uhh… Eliza, what’s going on?" Abe asked.I shook my head, focused on the boy.

"Tell me!"

"It is simple, really.Just give him your blood."

"Give him my blood? What do you mean? Does he need to drink it?"

"What do you think?" the boy asked, grinning.

"Okay, I can do that.I’ll give him my blood." I looked at Abe.

you have

you talking to? What is

He shrugged helplessly.

to help Jared," I insisted.I held a hand out,

luck," the boy

looked back at him, but he

in

and whooshed through

and Jared groaned,

the spirit of that child

through the cave-turned-wind tunnel, a dark, eerie howl that shook me

in the strong wind and then went

you still there?" I asked, glancing

but Abe’s outline was

his hands flailing like he was looking for something.I heard the way his fingers scraped against the wall.I turned my attention back to Jared and brushed

going to be okay.I’ve got you.I’ll make

I promised him.

here.I think I found

me over the rushing

"I’m not leaving Jared!"

"Come on!"

my arm and yanked me to

keep

the door

the opposite side of the cave where I’d

seen the door

go

from his hold.His fingers curled tighter around my arm as he pushed his way through the

Jared.I’m not leaving

deep breath and think

was right; I was panicking a little.I took a deep breath and he finally released my arm.I rubbed the spot

from his bag and struck it against the

the stone and a flare burst to

an emergency flare, one he’d probably been saving for a time just

the flare up and we looked

much, much

and the top of Abe’s head brushed the

The passageway was damp.

heard water dripping

saw creepy, crawly spiders with big, hairy legs

ran down my

"Ewww." I shuddered.

hear that, Eliza?" Abe

"What?"

"There’s running water nearby."

pointed down

not the wind on the

Abe shook his head.

definitely coming from

on my hips and firmly planted

not leaving

"Hold this.I’ll get him."

the torch and headed back

my weight from one foot to

I didn’t know what was happening

to the door and started

smashed

"Argh!"

his body against it, keeping

"Abe, what’s going on?"

took a step toward

heart leaped into my throat and

Eliza! Run, run down

looked at me over his shoulder, teeth clenched, eyes

I’m not leaving you and

"Please, just go!"

Abe screamed.

"Go, now!"

"No!"

I screamed back.

"Let me help."

tried to

his body against the door

The door trembled.

I stopped dead.

the other side was something horrible and terrible… something Abe

My heart sank.

it Jared? Had something gone that horribly wrong? "Eliza,

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