Sorry for that last cliffhanger.

And the ones before that.

Not.

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Chapter 14

"Get up, you dirty-blood." I tried groaning but something had my mouth clenched shut.

If this was another of Maven's acts to keep me safe, I was getting tired.

But this voice wasn't his deep male like one. It was more delicate but still a cruel one.

Familiar. I opened my eyes and saw the dreaded metal-studded boots. Oh god no. I lifted my head to see the angelic face of the devil.

Evangeline.

She laughed icily, clashing a metal knife on the bars around me. I thrashed around, trying to loosen what was holding me but had no luck.

"Keep trying, you're entertaining me! Do you do this with Maven?" I stopped. My face turned scarlet as she continued. "Oh, you know, how you charmed him so well that he had his heart in your hand. You two sitting a bedroom together, do God knows what. Well, actually Evangline knows what."

Did everyone know? I thought that his acting was pretty good.

"You got me kicked off the top but I landed somewhere in the middle. I climbed back up, cheated, lied, even killed, just to see you fall. You took my place beside him, my place as the queen-to-be, as his controller. And now?"

She paused, mostly for effect I think.

"I'm going to return the favour."

She strutted over to me and pressed the cold metal if her knife against my chin.

I summoned all my strength, trying to relax, but she threw her head back and laughed.

"Silent stone is just so useful, don't you think?" I panicked as her knife slid down to my throbbing vein in my neck. It turned sharply as she began tracing the turquoise line. Just as her knife began to slice through my skin, Evangeline put a hand to her ear.

"What?! Now?! Stall them! I'm coming!" She stood up, irritated.

"This is not over." She turned and left the room.

Not room, cell.

I panted, thinking. Cells. That word echoed in my head as I tried to find a connection.

The cells.

The dream.Gisa.She's here.

I turned around, seeing scraps of leather holding me to the wall. My legs were unbound, but my whole upper body was strapped. The walls around me were covered with small sharp bits of metal. I winced at the thought of what she had planned. I heard a scratching from inside the walls, which probably meant I was near the other new blood cells. I twisted and banged my head on the wall several times, ignoring the urge to pass out. I knocked down a large triangle-like metal piece.

I stretched my leg out, pulling the metal piece to me, leaving a trail of blood behind it. After what seemed like five hours of dragging, I twisted around, stretching and wearing out the leather scraps. I rubbed my wrapped wrists against the rough surface of the plaster, eventually make a small tear downwards. I gathered all the strength I had left and ripped my wrists away from each other.

The leather fell into two separate pieces behind me.

I sighed and grabbed the metal piece, slicing open the leather around my waist. Standing up, I stretched around jogged calmly to the entrance. Everything would be easy from now. The guards would be Silver so if the came after me into the cells, their powers wouldn't work because of the Silent Stone. And as soon as I left this cell, my lightening wouldn't fail me. Evangeline being typical Evangeline forgot my collar.

And the fact that I was a theif.

The door was locked but that wouldn't stop me. Picking locks, easy. The number one rule for us. The most complicated locks I could pick with a paper clip. I grabbed a few metal pieces which I thought suitable. It took a few minutes for me to get out and when I did, my powers were back. I felt relaxation wash over me but there was something wrong.

It was too quiet.

I looked around, realising that no one was here.

Just me.The cells were all unlocked, the doors all open. As I walked by them, they were all empty.

All except for one.

A young boy sat there, rocking himself silently. His eyes widened when he saw me.

"Are you... Mare?" He asked, his voice hushed and hoarse. Dry, like it hadn't been used in weeks. I nodded.

"What's going on, why are all the guards gone? Where are they? Where are all the prisoners?" My voice became higher and higher with each word, full of anxiety.

This was not supposed to happen.His face darkened and he bowed his head.

"The rebels are trying to get in. They were too many, and broke through the gates. The guards were on break and as the new ones came in, they attacked. It was like they had been waiting a week because they recognised the pattern. The new bloods were taken into battle, but I'm here to... Guard something," He paused, then continued. "They're planning something, some way to get the rebels to surrender. And they need the new bloods."