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down on a steel table between the two thrones and turned to the Queen.
“Will there be anything else, my Queen?” Gustav bowed before Cailene. With a wave of her hand, she dismissed him. “I shall help Johanna then.” He bowed once more before rushing to Johanna’s side. “I’ll finish cleaning this up, dear. Go have Agatha bandage you up before you bleed all over everything, and send someone to help me with this glass, would you? We wouldn’t want the prince here cutting himself.” Gustav turned to Marcel, flashing an insincere smile.
Johanna gave Gustav a grateful look as she fled the room. Prince Marcel brushed himself off and somberly made his way back to the throne, directing a nasty scowl at Gustav as he slithered past. It was obvious that the prince was used to getting his own way, and gave little credence to obstacles.
“Let it go, Marcel,” Cailene warned. “You know I don’t like you messing with the help. They either disappear or become useless, and then I have to dispose of them.” She demurely nodded to the previous room. “Your cheap thrills only create more work for me ,” she sighed.
“Those cheap thrills are part of our deal,” he purred.
“I haven’t forgotten. I just don’t understand what you see in those disgusting creatures.”
Another servant returned with a pail for the glass, and he and Gustav made quick work of the mess. Once the servants were gone and the prince was no longer nearby, Alex began moving toward the door again. When they were finally out of the throne room, Marie let out a soft exhale of relief. She wanted to get far away from these people as quickly she could.
When they entered the next room, Marie fully understood why the castle looked like a maze from the outside. It was a maze! They were surrounded by several spiral staircases encircled in several dozen corridors that were lined with several hundred doors. She desperately hoped that Alex knew where he was going, or they’d be lost in here forever, and that sounded an awful lot like hell.
Marie gaped at the multitude of pathways, overwhelmed by all the choices and perturbed that Alex wasn’t moving yet. What was he waiting for? Was he just as lost as she felt? Even though they were no longer in the same room as that vile woman and her twisted son, she had no desire to linger.
She began to grow worried that something had stopped him from moving again. She prayed that wasn’t the case, because she had absolutely no idea what Johanna had done to help him before. In the end, something else sent her into a state of panic: fear of the unknown.
Alex slammed his foot on the floor three times. Before Marie had a chance to ask him what he was doing, the floor beneath them gave way and they began plummeting down a large, metallic shaft.
Alex immediately shifted into his human form and appeared behind her. He fastened his arm around her waist, holding her snug to his body. He then clamped his free hand over her mouth, muffling her scream of surprise.
Alex tightened his grip on Marie, pleading with her to be quiet as they flew down the shaft at increasing speed. She eventually stopped screaming, realizing it would do more harm than good, but she felt anything but calm. Aside from being flush against his naked form, one crucial question plagued her thoughts: What was waiting for them at the bottom?
After falling for what felt like an eternity, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, preceded by the overpowering stench of fecal matter and decay.
Alex and Marie shot out of the bottom of the shaft, straight into a massive pool of raw sewage. Fortunately, Alex was strong and fast enough to keep them afloat so it didn’t go over their heads. Unfortunately, from the neck down, they were swimming in excrement.
“Oh my god!” Marie fought the urge to vomit. No need to make matters worse. “Get me out of here, NOW!” She thrashed wildly.
Alex grabbed her
“Will there be anything else, my Queen?” Gustav bowed before Cailene. With a wave of her hand, she dismissed him. “I shall help Johanna then.” He bowed once more before rushing to Johanna’s side. “I’ll finish cleaning this up, dear. Go have Agatha bandage you up before you bleed all over everything, and send someone to help me with this glass, would you? We wouldn’t want the prince here cutting himself.” Gustav turned to Marcel, flashing an insincere smile.
Johanna gave Gustav a grateful look as she fled the room. Prince Marcel brushed himself off and somberly made his way back to the throne, directing a nasty scowl at Gustav as he slithered past. It was obvious that the prince was used to getting his own way, and gave little credence to obstacles.
“Let it go, Marcel,” Cailene warned. “You know I don’t like you messing with the help. They either disappear or become useless, and then I have to dispose of them.” She demurely nodded to the previous room. “Your cheap thrills only create more work for me ,” she sighed.
“Those cheap thrills are part of our deal,” he purred.
“I haven’t forgotten. I just don’t understand what you see in those disgusting creatures.”
Another servant returned with a pail for the glass, and he and Gustav made quick work of the mess. Once the servants were gone and the prince was no longer nearby, Alex began moving toward the door again. When they were finally out of the throne room, Marie let out a soft exhale of relief. She wanted to get far away from these people as quickly she could.
When they entered the next room, Marie fully understood why the castle looked like a maze from the outside. It was a maze! They were surrounded by several spiral staircases encircled in several dozen corridors that were lined with several hundred doors. She desperately hoped that Alex knew where he was going, or they’d be lost in here forever, and that sounded an awful lot like hell.
Marie gaped at the multitude of pathways, overwhelmed by all the choices and perturbed that Alex wasn’t moving yet. What was he waiting for? Was he just as lost as she felt? Even though they were no longer in the same room as that vile woman and her twisted son, she had no desire to linger.
She began to grow worried that something had stopped him from moving again. She prayed that wasn’t the case, because she had absolutely no idea what Johanna had done to help him before. In the end, something else sent her into a state of panic: fear of the unknown.
Alex slammed his foot on the floor three times. Before Marie had a chance to ask him what he was doing, the floor beneath them gave way and they began plummeting down a large, metallic shaft.
Alex immediately shifted into his human form and appeared behind her. He fastened his arm around her waist, holding her snug to his body. He then clamped his free hand over her mouth, muffling her scream of surprise.
Alex tightened his grip on Marie, pleading with her to be quiet as they flew down the shaft at increasing speed. She eventually stopped screaming, realizing it would do more harm than good, but she felt anything but calm. Aside from being flush against his naked form, one crucial question plagued her thoughts: What was waiting for them at the bottom?
After falling for what felt like an eternity, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, preceded by the overpowering stench of fecal matter and decay.
Alex and Marie shot out of the bottom of the shaft, straight into a massive pool of raw sewage. Fortunately, Alex was strong and fast enough to keep them afloat so it didn’t go over their heads. Unfortunately, from the neck down, they were swimming in excrement.
“Oh my god!” Marie fought the urge to vomit. No need to make matters worse. “Get me out of here, NOW!” She thrashed wildly.
Alex grabbed her
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