Chapter 16

RISSA’S POV

We walked for hours before finally reaching the rogues’ hideout. To be honest, this journey has had a real toll on my feet. At one point, I started wishing there were buses running in the forest.

The rogues’ hideout was a cave. There were some personal belongings around the mouth of the cave, showing that there were people living there.

“Chain them to the wall.” Ryker ordered.

They took us into the cave, and although it was relatively small, it wasn’t entirely dark. Courtesy of the small ray of sunlight coming in through a hole at the other end of the cave.

The Iron hooks pinned to the wall, and the big chains on the floor made me to realize that it probably wasn’t the first time they’d kept prisoners here. The chains looked like they had been used a lot, and that information did not sit well with me at all. It gave me goosebumps.

What that meant was that Ryker’s threat may not have been entirely a bluff. If they’ve had prisoners here before, it means they definitely had