Ink & Dagger (Sins of Eden #1)

41. Chapter XLI

Chapter XLI

Emily

I made quick work of my pocket knife once I grasped it in my palm. Carefully flipping it open in my bound wrists, I shifted it back and forth, slowly sawing at the thick bindings at my wrist. I discreetly snuck a glance up at Agatha, to be sure she couldn’t see as I worked and continued the steady movement. At this rate, without magic to help me, it would take hours.

Pausing for a moment, I watched with bated breath and silently cheered as the Demon shielding Charlie lunged for the Witch, trying to grab her through the bars. She jumped back with an ear piercing scream, but the iron shackles binding his wrists kept him from reaching her.

Regaining her composure, she swiftly grabbed an iron rod from the floor beside her and jabbed it through the cage at him, sending him into convulsions. Brigid opened the cage door and hesitantly stepped around Killian, disconnecting Charlie’s shackles from the bars and dragging her out.

Another deep growl from the cage directly across from me had my eyes snapping in that direction and I let out a sob of shock. The knife slipped from my hand and fell to the cement floor behind me with a clatter that was only disguised by the rattle of chains.

What the fuck had they done to him?

My body shook and my heart ached in my chest from the painful breaths that my lungs were forcing me to inhale.

Just behind Agatha, were the true forms of both Jaxon and Adrian, hanging from the ceiling by their bloodied wrists in iron shackles. They both looked worse for wear as blood flowed freely from fresh wounds across their torsos and chests. A dagger with markings was pierced to the hilt in Jaxon’s side, but he paid no attention to it as he continued pulling at his restraints and roaring in fury.

“What the fuck did you do to him?” I screeched, not taking my eyes off of my wounded soul.

His eyes met mine and I whimpered at what I saw there. Fear and failure. A single tear leaked from my eye as I held his stare. I wanted to reach out to him. Tell him that we would make it out of this together, but with my only way out now well out of reach and no actual plan, I couldn’t make such promises.

Agatha clicked her tongue and tsked, once again ignoring my question.

“Brigid, bring her here and let’s go. We need to inform Gabriel of our guest’s arrival,” she commanded, turning for the door.

A loud thud to my left startled me and I cussed as I looked down at Charlie’s beaten form just before another dose of burning pain spread through my veins.

“That should keep you compliant. I’ll be back soon, but keep in mind the more you resist the worse it will be for dear Charlie,” Agatha chuckled, pocketing the empty syringe, before climbing the steps into the house.

The door clicked shut with a lock behind them as they both disappeared from the room. I screamed from the depths of my soul, in frustration and rage, as the weight of everything from the last few weeks sank in. My body began to go limp again as I once again tried to pull my wrists from their bindings.

Crazy fucking bitch.

I would kill them all and I’d do it with a fucking smile on my face.