Blood Debt Academy
Black blood sprayed across the floor, and the thing shrieked—a sound that hurt my ears and made my teeth ache.
"The passage!" Cael pointed to a tunnel I hadn't noticed before, hidden behind a fallen section of wall. "It leads to the surface. We need to move now before they block all the exits."
"What about Morrigan?" I asked, driving my dagger into another creature's chest. "She was supposed to be watching the entrance."
"Either captured or complicit." Cael grabbed my arm, his grip iron-strong. "Either way, we're on our own. Run!"
We ran. The tunnel was narrow, barely wide enough for one person. Cael pushed me ahead of him, his body blocking the creatures trying to follow. I heard him fighti