knocking her back a couple of steps. “Please. You’ve got to have more than that.”
All around her Hell Hounds dropped to their knees and whimpered.
Cerberus said something, but with his growling, she couldn’t understand.
“So I’m lying about Jay hiding out in my house, waiting for me to come home?” Raven rolled her eyes. “Jay was dangerous, not only to me, but to the others too. If I hadn’t of done what I did, not only would he have killed me, Jay would have killed Ethan and the others.” Raven gestured toward the prisoners.
“Enough!” roared Cerberus.
“So you would have rather Jay to have lived and killed them? I realize Jay was your son too, but you had to have known just how unstable and dangerous he was. It wasn’t like he was hiding it from anyone. And if he had killed the others, how were you going to cover that up?”
“Jay would have killed my Pauline?” whispered a woman not far from Raven.
“Yes, and I couldn’t let him do that,” Raven said to the woman.
“Enough of your lies!” Horrendous growls filled the air.
Raven looked up at about the same time Cerberus charged her. She didn’t have time to think. She just threw her hands up in front of her. About the same time, she heard someone yell her name but in the commotion, she couldn’t tell who was yelling.
A powerful wave of energy plowed into her, sending her flying through the Hell Hounds surrounding her. Growls and screams filled the room. Raven pushed her way out of the pile and crawled to her feet. Scanning the room, she saw Cerberus on the other side, doing the same thing.
“Raven.”
She turned toward the voice.
“Don’t you ever do this again.” Ethan wrapped his arms around her and pulled her against him.
“You know I can’t promis e that.” Raven hugged him back.
A horrible roar filled the room, overpowering all the other noises. Everyone turned to look at Cerberus.
“Guardian!”
Ethan immediately pushed Raven behind him. The other teen Hell Hounds suddenly appeared around them.
The muscles on the right side of Cerberus’s face twitched. Clenched hands hung at his sides as he stared at Raven and his son, seeing the protective stance Ethan had taken even though the girl was obviously powerful enough to protect herself.
Ethan stared at his father in the way only another powerful Alpha could do.
A surge of pride swept through Cerberus.
“Ethan, we have to get out of here.” Raven tugged at his shirt.
He glanced over his shoulder at her. “There’s only one way out and I doubt Cerberus is going to let us walk out the front door.”
“There’s another way. We have to get to the shadows.”
Ethan half turned toward her. “What are you talking about?”
Roars and growls grew around them as chaos slowly broke out amid the adult Hell Hounds. The group of teens tightened their circle around Raven and Ethan.
“Raven?” asked Ethan.
“The shadows. We have to go. The Shadow Express is waiting,” she said. Not far from them a fight broke out between two male Hell Hounds. In the matter of seconds, several more fights started.
“We have to go now. It’s our only chance.” Raven tried to push her way out of the group. “We have to get to the wall and remove one of the tortures so that we can create a shadow.”
Ethan grabbed her hand and led the group to one of the walls. He grabbed the burning torch from its holder and tossed it away, creating a huge shadowed area. “Now what?” he asked turning to Raven.
Raven moved closer to the shadows, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She opened her eyes and slowly cleared everything from her head except a picture of the kitchen in her house. She waved her arm in an arc across the shadow. The grayish veil appeared like before, only this time Raven could see her kitchen through the shadowy mist.
“How did you do that?” asked Pauline.
“We have to hurry.” Raven ignored the question.
“Raven?” Ethan raised an eyebrow.
Raven
All around her Hell Hounds dropped to their knees and whimpered.
Cerberus said something, but with his growling, she couldn’t understand.
“So I’m lying about Jay hiding out in my house, waiting for me to come home?” Raven rolled her eyes. “Jay was dangerous, not only to me, but to the others too. If I hadn’t of done what I did, not only would he have killed me, Jay would have killed Ethan and the others.” Raven gestured toward the prisoners.
“Enough!” roared Cerberus.
“So you would have rather Jay to have lived and killed them? I realize Jay was your son too, but you had to have known just how unstable and dangerous he was. It wasn’t like he was hiding it from anyone. And if he had killed the others, how were you going to cover that up?”
“Jay would have killed my Pauline?” whispered a woman not far from Raven.
“Yes, and I couldn’t let him do that,” Raven said to the woman.
“Enough of your lies!” Horrendous growls filled the air.
Raven looked up at about the same time Cerberus charged her. She didn’t have time to think. She just threw her hands up in front of her. About the same time, she heard someone yell her name but in the commotion, she couldn’t tell who was yelling.
A powerful wave of energy plowed into her, sending her flying through the Hell Hounds surrounding her. Growls and screams filled the room. Raven pushed her way out of the pile and crawled to her feet. Scanning the room, she saw Cerberus on the other side, doing the same thing.
“Raven.”
She turned toward the voice.
“Don’t you ever do this again.” Ethan wrapped his arms around her and pulled her against him.
“You know I can’t promis e that.” Raven hugged him back.
A horrible roar filled the room, overpowering all the other noises. Everyone turned to look at Cerberus.
“Guardian!”
Ethan immediately pushed Raven behind him. The other teen Hell Hounds suddenly appeared around them.
The muscles on the right side of Cerberus’s face twitched. Clenched hands hung at his sides as he stared at Raven and his son, seeing the protective stance Ethan had taken even though the girl was obviously powerful enough to protect herself.
Ethan stared at his father in the way only another powerful Alpha could do.
A surge of pride swept through Cerberus.
“Ethan, we have to get out of here.” Raven tugged at his shirt.
He glanced over his shoulder at her. “There’s only one way out and I doubt Cerberus is going to let us walk out the front door.”
“There’s another way. We have to get to the shadows.”
Ethan half turned toward her. “What are you talking about?”
Roars and growls grew around them as chaos slowly broke out amid the adult Hell Hounds. The group of teens tightened their circle around Raven and Ethan.
“Raven?” asked Ethan.
“The shadows. We have to go. The Shadow Express is waiting,” she said. Not far from them a fight broke out between two male Hell Hounds. In the matter of seconds, several more fights started.
“We have to go now. It’s our only chance.” Raven tried to push her way out of the group. “We have to get to the wall and remove one of the tortures so that we can create a shadow.”
Ethan grabbed her hand and led the group to one of the walls. He grabbed the burning torch from its holder and tossed it away, creating a huge shadowed area. “Now what?” he asked turning to Raven.
Raven moved closer to the shadows, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She opened her eyes and slowly cleared everything from her head except a picture of the kitchen in her house. She waved her arm in an arc across the shadow. The grayish veil appeared like before, only this time Raven could see her kitchen through the shadowy mist.
“How did you do that?” asked Pauline.
“We have to hurry.” Raven ignored the question.
“Raven?” Ethan raised an eyebrow.
Raven
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