Chapter 52 - Kiema

Two days later

"Wh - "

A hand slapped over my mouth.

"Do not make a sound. They've found us," Lukas breathed against my ear.

Fuck. It was bad enough that I'd been stuck in this stupid place for the last two days without anyone telling me what was going on. But now Lukas loomed over me, his usually open and happy face dark and closed.

I nodded. All I'd been told was that we were waiting for Reece. Who apparently wasn't part of Iron Serpent. Yeah, I'd believe that crap when I saw it.

I pushed myself up from the cot I was sleeping on. Luxury conditions, this. I shoved my legs into my pants.

Standing up behind Lukas, I tapped his back when I was ready to move. He reached around and grabbed my hand, interlacing our fingers. He opened the flap of the tent.

It was pitch black outside. To the far side of the camp, I could hear dogs braying and sniffling around. Arcs of light from flashlights zoomed over the low hanging mist in the sky, setting up a lightshow the likes of