I'm okay, I answered frantically through the link, focusing every ounce of my energy to keep the connection steady. We’re alive. Toby and Eloise are here with me in the cell.
Where are you? Demetrius’s voice was a roaring tempest of panic and lethal intent, vibrating so violently in my head it made my temples throb. Give me anything, Rachel. A sound, a scent, landmarks—tell me where he took you.
I squeezed my eyes shut, leaning my forehead harder into the cold iron bars as I scanned my memory of our arrival. I don’t know exactly. We are locked in a cell, buried deep underground. There are no windows, no natural light, nothing. But Demetrius... the fact that I can hear you right now means we can't be too far from the Stronghold.
I’m already tracking the residual magic from that bastard's
