A Crown Of Shadows And Secrets - Sloane Murphy Page 0,39
I to complain. There’s a shower, food, a bed. I can deal with this life. Demons are surprisingly human, other than you know, the torture and killing thing.
Though, I guess that’s kind of human too. Or maybe humans are like Demons.
Who knows?
“Well, she called me a Shadow Walker. That freaked her out, god knows why. I wish we’d had more time to try and research this shit, or find another Shadow Walker to help us, or at least help me understand.”
“Well maybe we should head back out and see if we can find a way to get to the next level of this place. We're not going to discover anything cooped up in here,” Roman says, pacing by the door. Being trapped away, even being in the Shadow Realm, hasn't been fun for him. His wolf is pushing harder than usual to break free.
“Where are we going to go?” I ask.
“You, aren't going anywhere,” Roman says.
“The hell I'm not. I'm not staying in here if you guys are all going out there,” I counter. “I'm not some damsel that needs rescuing or saving. I have just as much right, and need, to get out of here as you do. Maybe more considering we're trying to find my friend, who is trapped somewhere here because of me,” I say losing my patience. It's taking too long to get to Fallon, I have no idea what's happening to her, what's happening back home, and it’s driving me a little insane.
“How about we all head out?” Creek offers, trying to defuse the tensions in the room, while Kain nods, agreeing with him. I take a deep breath and tip my head back to look at the ceiling, but find Levi stood behind me, smirking down at me.
“Or how about we head out, and Remy stays put for a change, meaning the rest of us can focus rather than worrying about her,” Levi adds, still staring down at me, almost daring me to argue with him.
Sometimes I wonder why I love this bunch of assholes.
“Or, you could just accept that if you leave me here, I'm going to go out anyway, because I'm not going to be told what to do by anyone, and it’s safer if you know where I'm going, rather than freaking out if you get back and I'm not here?” I push the chair I'm sat on back from the table and look at each of them, meeting their eyes, daring them to keep pushing me. “Maybe you guys should stay here and I should venture out. One girl is much less inconspicuous than you lot. Plus, Demons seem to get twitchy around me, I'm probably the safest of us all. Can we please get rid of the protective alpha macho bullshit? We don't have time for this, and I don't have the patience for it.” I cross my arms and lean against the table and roll my eyes when Levi starts laughing.
“Fine, protective alpha macho bullshit put away for now. Are we splitting up and covering more ground?” Levi says, looking to me.
“Splitting up seems to make the most sense,” I agree, and the others grumble their agreement. “How about you guys pair up, and I'll head out on my own. I wasn't wrong when I said I'm more inconspicuous on my own, plus I'm more likely to get someone to talk without one of you looming over my shoulder.”
“I think it has merit,” Creek says, smiling at me. “She's not wrong about being inconspicuous, but I don't know about pairing up.” He eyes Roman who gives him a wolfish grin, but nothing about it is welcoming. Awesome, I thought we'd got past all of that. Unless the crazy that is this level is wearing on them too.
“Pairing up isn't a bad idea. An Angel, Dracul or Lycan are more likely to be jumped down here. At least we have some form of back up if it’s needed,” Kain adds begrudgingly.
“Creek, you're with me,” Levi says quickly, and I'm a little grateful, him and Roman pairing up just isn't the sort of disruption we need right now. They're more likely to fight each other. Kain seems to be the only one he doesn't snarl at other than me at the minute.
“It's decided then.” I nod. “I'm going to work the tavern downstairs, see if I can't get someone talking about how to move between the levels. Being able to move around without needing assistance would be great right about