Semua Bab Rejected by my Mate, Claimed by His Rival: Bab 31 - Bab 33

“Don’t open it.” Nyra's mother's voice came from under the floor. She froze and Ryker looked at her."What?" She didn't answer straight away. The voice had been quiet, almost silenced by the three knocksz, but she had heard it."Nyra?""My mother." His expression changed."What did she say.""She told me not to open the room." Ryker stared at the floorboards. Neither of them moved for a few seconds before another knock came from below them. Ryker took out his weapon."Stay behind me.""No." He looked at her."If something is down there I need to know what.""And if it's a trap?""Then we'll know.""It isn't the way traps work.""Neither is standing here arguing while something knocks under our feet." That shut him up. She crouched next to the floorboards and examined them. The house was old but the boards surrounding this part of it were different. They were darker than the rest and one of them had been rep

The back door opened on its own. Ryker grabbed Nyra and pushed her away from it."Don't move" It creaked open more and a cold air filtered into the hallway, bringing with it the scent of wet earth. No one stood outside. Ryker peered out the door, but saw nothing. Just the emptiness of the night outside the house."Someone opened it," said Nyra."I know.""Then where are they?" Ryker didn't answer. The sound of a branch snapping came from outside. He raised his weapon. Once again the sound of the snapping branch came closer. Nyra took a step back. The voice spoke again from the front door."Nyra run!" It was Ryker's voice. But Ryker stood beside her, his expression dark."They're trying to separate us.""Why?""Because it worked before." Nyra thought about the underground room, the stranger, the blood on his hand, the people searching the house, then she looked up to where the staircase started.