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 about? Who are you

He shrugged helplessly.

I insisted.I held a

the

at him, but

disappeared in

and whooshed through the cave

around and Jared groaned, falling on the

the spirit

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

and then went out, surrounding us in solid

you still there?" I asked,

barely see anything, but Abe’s outline was clear.He was standing

fingers scraped against the wall.I turned my

okay.I’ve got you.I’ll make

I promised him.

get over here.I think

screamed to me

"I’m not leaving Jared!"

"Come on!"

arm and

to keep moving.This cave is….We’ve got

threw me through the door in the cave

was on the opposite side of the

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

go

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

back for Jared.I’m not

a deep breath and think

took a deep breath and he finally released

bag and struck

and a flare

emergency flare, one he’d probably been saving for

up and we

was much, much narrower than the

side to side, and the top

The passageway was damp.

water dripping

clung to every corner and I saw creepy,

shiver ran down my

"Ewww." I shuddered.

that,

"What?"

"There’s running water nearby."

down the

wind on the other side

Abe shook his head.

coming from

put my hands on my hips and firmly

I’m not leaving

"Hold this.I’ll get him."

torch and

my weight from one foot to the

have found us already, right? I

door and

smashed into

"Argh!"

body against it, keeping the door

"Abe, what’s going on?"

took a step

leaped into my throat

Run, run down the

over his shoulder, teeth

I’m not leaving you and Jared! What

"Please, just go!"

Abe screamed.

"Go, now!"

"No!"

I screamed back.

"Let me help."

tried to

roared and slammed his body against

The door trembled.

I stopped dead.

side was something horrible and terrible… something Abe didn’t want me to

My heart sank.

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

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