章 46: Chapter 46: Two-for-one

MY HEART CONTRACTED AS I strained to hear something, anything. All I got was a muffled conversation. Had Zander heard me? He couldn't let Dante touch him! If he did, we were toast. I tried to shift directly under the opening, hoping for a better position to yell up at them, but realized it wasn't going to work. Out of breath, my injuries throbbing, I lay waiting.

Suddenly, the trap door lifted, and light streaked across me, blinding me for a moment.

"Oh, Tru-u!"

I let out a disappointed whimper when I recognized the voice.

"You'll never believe it!" Dante giggled. "It's a two-for-one! I think I'll take a cruise after this one!" His giggles became deeper, creepier.

What had he done with Zander?

"Honey, you might want to move out of the way."

I had just enough time to scoot over before a large shape landed next to me with a crack. I grimaced, certain that a bone had just broken, and it wasn't mine.