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

you talking to?

He shrugged helplessly.

I insisted.I held a hand out,

luck," the

looked back at him, but

in the

and whooshed through the cave like

and Jared groaned, falling on

body, protecting him from the spirit of

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

the strong wind and

still there?"

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

something.I heard the way his fingers scraped against the wall.I turned my attention back

be okay.I’ve got you.I’ll make

I promised him.

over here.I think

to me

"I’m not leaving Jared!"

"Come on!"

grabbed my arm and yanked me to

a door over here.We need to keep

threw me through the door

the cave where I’d been

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

let go

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

Jared.I’m not

deep breath and think for a moment,"

a deep breath and he finally released my arm.I rubbed the

bag and struck

the stone and a flare burst to life in his

an emergency flare, one he’d probably been saving

flare up and we

much narrower than

stand side to side, and

The passageway was damp.

water dripping

and I saw creepy, crawly spiders

shiver ran down my

"Ewww." I shuddered.

that,

"What?"

"There’s running water nearby."

pointed down the

not the wind on the other

Abe shook his head.

water is definitely coming from that direction.We should

and

I’m not leaving without

"Hold this.I’ll get him."

me the torch and headed

shifting my weight from one foot to

found us already, right? I didn’t know what was happening to him, and it still terrified

to the door and started

Something smashed into the

"Argh!"

slammed his body against

"Abe, what’s going on?"

a step

into my throat and blood rushed in

Run, run down

his shoulder, teeth clenched,

leaving you and Jared!

"Please, just go!"

Abe screamed.

"Go, now!"

"No!"

I screamed back.

"Let me help."

tried to step closer

roared and slammed his body

The door trembled.

I stopped dead.

the other side was something horrible and terrible… something Abe

My heart sank.

gone that horribly wrong? "Eliza,

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