Page 175 of Heartless Sinner

Daphne

Iclearly wasn’t cut out for survival of the fittest because I did doze off.

Brooks woke me up by shaking me. “Hey … we’re here.”

I’d never heard him speak to me so softly.

I yawned loudly, stretching my arms above my head, and looked around. We were in some type of parking garage.

“Where are we?” I unbuckled my seat belt.

He ignored me and climbed out of the SUV. “We’re going to the Fawn Quarters.”

“I want to go back to my dorm.”

“Not happening. That’s the safest place for you right now.”

“It’s boring down there,” I whined. “Blair isn’t even there.”

He was wrong about it being safer too. Enzo had thought the same thing when he’d sent Blair there for protection. And what do you know? She’d gotten kidnapped.

I opened the door and nearly rolled out of the SUV. I was so tired.

The garage was empty with low lights splayed across the ceiling. Expensive cars surrounded us. They had to belong to the Night Sons. No one else, except them and staff, was allowed to have vehicles on campus. Arisono claimed cars gave students the freedom to come and go. Something she didn’t like.

Brooks rounded the SUV, shoving his phone into his pocket.

“You never answered me. Where are we?” I asked.

“The tunnels.” He started walking.

I strolled alongside him. “But the tunnels don’t lead to the Fawn Quarters.”

“My way does.”

I stopped midstep. “I want to go back to my dorm, not walk through creepy tunnels.”

I wanted to snuggle in my little alcove, close the curtains, and sleep for two days straight.

Brooks shoved the keys in his pocket. “Not happening.” He slowed his steps and motioned for me to follow him. “Now, come on, Sleeping Beauty.”

I snorted. “Ha-ha, like the princess.”

“She gets the joke.”

“You finally managed to land one.”

A hint of a smile spread over his lips when I reached his side.

It was a tired one but still there.

He scanned his ID at the door, and the lock clicked. A cold draft hit my skin when I stepped into the empty corridor. Brooks took my hand and guided me through the tunnels. All the twists and turns made me lightheaded. That was the point.

He stopped abruptly and ran his hand along the wall before finding a small button. He pushed it, and a light flashed. He scanned his ID.

Part of the wall slid open.

Of course, there are secret doors down here.