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CHAPTER 148

BRIANNA’S POV

Panic began to trickle in. “What…what’s the problem?” I asked her, my voice fragile and shaking

“It’s always left unlocked since no one knows about it…I don’t know who could have locked it!” She exclaimed in frustration.

My heart started thumping against my chest, the little hope I had crushing to pieces. Hermes was only a few distance behind us. If we don’t find a way to make it out any moment from now, he’ll definitely catch up with us. And I was already tired, hungry, and thirsty. I have held it for long. I didn’t know how much longer I could endure.

“Come on,” she said as she took my wrist. “We can still make out before Hermes…”

However, her words knotted in her throat the moment Hermes walked into the room.

His eyes were dark and devilish, and his features hardened to a lethal frown as he glared at us. Tightly curled around his fingers was a pocket knife. He looked like he was ready to draw blood.

I swallowed a lump that hurt my throat and thudded down