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.

have a

Eliza, what are you talking about? Who are you talking to? What

He shrugged helplessly.

insisted.I held a hand out, hoping he’d give me

luck," the boy

looked back at him,

disappeared in the

and whooshed through the cave

hair whipped around and Jared

with my body, protecting him from the spirit of that child and

a dark, eerie howl that shook me

the strong wind and then went out, surrounding

there?" I

Abe’s outline was

moving around, 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

be okay.I’ve got you.I’ll make sure

I promised him.

over here.I

screamed to me

"I’m not leaving Jared!"

"Come on!"

my arm and yanked me to

door over here.We need to keep moving.This cave is….We’ve got

through the door in the cave

the opposite side of the

why we hadn’t seen the door before; our torches hadn’t cast

go of

trying to break from his hold.His fingers curled tighter around my arm as he pushed

not leaving him there, helpless.He’s counting

breath and think

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

bag and struck it

danced against the stone and a flare

he’d probably been saving for a

flare up and we looked around the

much

stand side to side, and

The passageway was damp.

water

every corner and I saw creepy,

ran

"Ewww." I shuddered.

you hear that,

"What?"

"There’s running water nearby."

down the

the wind on the

Abe shook his head.

definitely coming from that

put my hands on my hips and firmly

not leaving without

"Hold this.I’ll get him."

me the torch and headed

weight from one foot to

right? I didn’t know what was happening

to the door and started

Something smashed into the

"Argh!"

slammed his body against it, keeping

"Abe, what’s going on?"

took a

my throat and blood rushed in

Eliza! Run, run down

at me over his shoulder, teeth clenched,

not leaving you and Jared!

"Please, just go!"

Abe screamed.

"Go, now!"

"No!"

I screamed back.

"Let me help."

to step

his body against the door

The door trembled.

I stopped dead.

on the other side was something horrible and

My heart sank.

Had something gone that horribly wrong? "Eliza,

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