I saw him do a full body scan before he winked at me and held a finger to his lips to indicate my silence. If it hadn’t been doing the exact opposite of what he asked I would have shouted, ‘Duh, you think?!’ Which I didn’t do for obvious loud reasons. I couldn’t help but notice when he first saw me, the moment of relief I saw in his eyes when he saw I was uninjured. I looked back at Alex to see he was still preoccupied with his little bloody project and it was only now that I could see it was a star inside of a circle, one I now knew was an important Pentagram symbol.
I jumped when I suddenly felt a hand at my mouth but luckily I managed not to make a noise. I knew it was Lucius at my back and that was true in more ways than one. I felt the slack of my restraints as he untied the rope from first the pillar and then I felt lips at my ear.
“Now pretty girl, hold still so I don’t cut you.” Lucius whispered and then after a few seconds I started to feel the pressure disappear completely from around my sore wrists. I wanted to hiss in pain as I felt the raw skin being disturbed but bit my lip instead. After one last look at the crazy guy to make sure he was still busy doing crazy things, I turned back to Lucius. He didn’t say anything but nodded behind him for me to follow and we headed to the hidden doorway I’d seen him emerge from. It looked like one that could only be opened from one side as he had propped it open so that we could escape that same way.
Keeping behind the pillars and out of sight we made our way to the door as quickly as we could and just as Lucius was stepping through behind me that’s when Alex Cain finally caught on.
“NO!” He bellowed racing towards us and Lucius merely gave him the middle finger as a salute before slamming the door.
“Won’t he just be able to follow us?” I asked making sure and Lucius’ bad ass grin was answer enough.
“I must say if you wanted my attention then you should have just asked me on a date.” He said winking at me and grabbing my hand as he passed to pull me along after him.
“To where, the Devil’s ring?” I said sarcastically referring back to Jared’s private fight club.
“Umm…not your worst idea pet, we could get you wrestling Angels naked in the mud.” I rolled my eyes but couldn’t help but laugh, mentally thanking him for putting me at ease in a situation I was trying not to panic in.
“Ha! You wish!”
“Yes, yes I do.” He said looking over his shoulder and doing another all over body scan, only this time not one out of concern.
“Ok, so getting back to the matter at hand, we have to stop Alex, he’s planning something insane and he’s the last in the bloodline and…”
“Calm yourself Keira girl, I know what he intends but soon he will be far too busy with my own plans.”
“And that is?” I asked knowing I would regret it pretty damn quick and I was right.
“Simple…I plan to kill him…which is what I should have done at the auction.” He said as if it was the most natural thing in the world and we were discussing the weather.
“Oh yeah, that would have gone down well… ‘And can I get a bid on this next lot, going cheap thanks to the recent blood splatter damage’…yeah that would have been peachy.” I said making him laugh and it vibrated along the narrow stone tunnel that only barely allowed for Lucius’ height.
“You never know, it might have increased the value, as I am sure all who meet him want to see the evidence for themselves of his bloody end.”
“Yeah, I sure know how to pick em.” I said rolling my eyes when he replied,
“You said it not me, darlin.”
“So where are we going?” I asked as we’d travelled far enough to come to a door at the end.
“You are getting your sweet ass somewhere safe, whilst I deal with your boyfriend.”
“What are you gonna do, break up with him for me?” I said finding the term boyfriend for such a man too disgusting to think about.
“Oh I am going to break something alright.” He replied seriously giving me the unwanted visual that Alex had a lot of pain coming his way. I decided it was best not to know too much for what Lucius had planned so I decided silence was the best option as he opened the door.
“After you.” He said bowing as he held open the door for me and I couldn’t tell if he was just being himself or if it was for my benefit at trying to ease my worried mind. Either way I stepped through the door and climbed the few of steps that led up as if we were coming out of a basement. I gave myself a mental shake for obvious reasons as I still had a few issues with basements.