Chapter 239

Xavier and I stumbled through the dark, endless hallways, the air heavy with exhaustion and poison.

"I thought that bastard said we were in the Simmons house. This doesn’t look like any Simmons house I know. It’s huge," Xavier groaned beside me. He tried not to lean on me too much, but I could tell he was just as tortured as I was—if not more. But I knew if he let go, we’d both end up on the floor.

We were exhausted, pumped full of poison, and I was definitely feeling it more than Xavier. But it didn’t matter. We were both barely functioning, needing time to heal in a safe space where no one could find us.

"I see a light," I whispered, trying to push myself forward, even though my body screamed for rest.

We shuffled from one hallway to the next. Blood stains and claw marks were smeared on the floors and walls, making me wonder just what kind of horrors the humans had been up to in this place.

Ahead, we saw stairs. Xavier muttered, "I thought the Simmons house was supposed to be one st