Chapter Seven - Teague
Now that we've seen some of Edward's perspective, let's get back to our beloved Teague!
I'm cautious, being careful to glance at Edward every now and then to see if I can catch any glimpse of planning on his face. I want to be ready in case there is a trap planned at this party. I doubt there is, but then again...It is Edward. Edward would probably attempt to pull anything.
But, to my disappointment and relief, he doesn't. The disappointment is because it means I could have already walked into a trap, or he's just gotten better at hiding thins. The relief is that maybe there is no trap. Maybe he really was doing the thing that would be respected by society. I can't tell with him.
Dinner is finished, and everyone stands up.
"Follow me, please. We have the ballroom set up for dancing, and..." He keeps rambling on as he leads the people out, but I hang at the back, blocking him out.
Once they all head into another hallway, I slip down the other one, and hurry down. The dungeon is around here somewhere. I just need to find stairs going down...And stone. Where there's stone, there's a dungeon.
Is this smart? Shouldn't you have gotten some clue about where you're going?
Geez, now you question my way of doing this? Ugh, Jared is so picky.
Won't Edward notice you're missing?
Does that really matter? If I get to the dungeon before him, it won't.
But you don't know where the dungeon is!
That doesn't matter if I'm trying to save Mina. Unless you'd prefer I don't...?
No! No, I want you to, but-
Face it, Jared. If you were in your split form, you'd be doing the exact same thing.
No response. Interesting. So he can't admit that he's like me? Oh well. Too bad for him, then.
It takes awhile of searching. I'm not actually sure how long it is. But, I don't run into Edward anywhere, which is good. He's probably distracted by his party, anyways...But none of that matters when I spot the stone archway leading to a spiral staircase going down, entirely made of stone. A smirk takes my face. Finally! Success!
I hurry down, rushing more than I would've expected. But, then again, I refuse to let myself get caught. So, the faster I go, the better. I'm save Mina. No, it's more than just I am. I have to. I must succeed. Failing is impossible now. The results would be disastrous.
I reach the bottom of the stairs, and glance around. Not a sound in this place. Dread shoots through me. What if this was the trap? What if I was supposed to find my way down here, looking for Mina, only to get caught myself? If there's not a living soul down here...
Then I hear the howling. The dreadful howling of a monster. So something is down here somewhere. But what? That wasn't Mina making the noise. But, if I look for the beast, I could possibly find Mina's cell close by. I follow the hallway down to the end, only to find a three-way split. A staircase, a right turn, and a left turn. The howling is faint, so I decide going down is the best option.
This happens around four more times. Four more times I go down staircases, to dark hallways that only have a few torches at the beginning and ends to give some light. There's no staircase on the last level, just a right turn and left. The howling comes from the right, so I follow it, and my eyes catch on the cell that's the source.
Creeping up to it, I see the source. A wolf. A big wolf. It's chained around it's paws, and I now identify the howling as howls of pain as it tries to fight to get the chains off. It's a beast, and looks dangerous. I'm expecting to see red eyes whenever it swings its head to look at me. After all, what else it to be expected from something as awfully evil as this? Of course, I've never ran into a wolf like this before, but still. It must be evil from the size and dreadful howls.
But its eyes aren't red. They're brown. A brown I've seen somewhere. It matches the fur color, but that's not where I've seen them. I've seen brown eyes like that before. But I can't put a finger on it.
There's a plaque on the door, which I assume contains the name. I walk over to a torch, plucking it out of it's holder and holding it next to the plaque. But as I do, someone snuffs the light. I only see half of the word.
nders
What's that supposed to mean? I don't have time to dwell on it though.
"Oi, get away from there!" Darn it, he's here! I turn around, and there stands Edward.
Teague, run! Hisses Jared.
What are you talking about?
He's going to use this to his advantage! Get out of here! Run! He's going to do something awful!
I back up as he steps closer. "Edward. I'm a Royal. You aren't going to do anything stupid."
"This isn't stupid." He raises his hands, about to preform some form of Fae magic.
I snap my fingers, and disappear back to my room. It's then where I realize I've seen those brown eyes before. Somewhere I never would've thought of. And yet, it all makes sense. But doesn't. It's a strange feeling to convey. But that doesn't stop the facts from adding up.
I've seen them because they belong to Wilhelmina Grimm.
Plot twist! Mina is the wolf!
~ Dagger