Chapter 57

DANTE

My mate’s panic and guilt washed down the bond after the rock was kicked. It was an accident, but she would never see it that way. She was someone who always took responsibility for her actions, whether they were intentional or not.

We waited for a couple of minutes to see if anything would happen, but nothing did. I gently squeezed her hand, reassuring her that I was right beside her no matter what.

‘Let’s keep going,’ Astrid said to us all.

We turned down a side corridor. She stopped us halfway through it. A pattern of stones was pressed, revealing a hidden keypad. She punched in a code. We held our breath, waiting to see if we were golden or not.

I released my breath when a green light flashed on the keypad.

Had it not been for Astrid’s involvement, I highly fucking doubted that we would have gotten this far. I totally understood why my mate had felt such relief when she agreed to help.

Thankfully, nobody was around, so we could slip inside the passageway.

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