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I watched in disbelief as the children began dragging Lancelet across the floor towards one of the passageways from which they had come. Her eyes were closed. Blood poured from her shoulder.
I struggled as hard as I could against Vesper’s grasp but it was no use.
“Lancelet,” I screamed as loud as I could. “Draven! Help her!”
I watched the tall warrior’s eyes light up as he heard my voice. He turned to me, saw the direction of my gaze and followed it.
I choked back a sob of relief. He would do it. Draven would go to her. It would be all right now. Draven would save her. I knew he would.
But as he started to move across the room, a scream rang out.
It had not come from Lancelet. Nor from the nightmarish things attacking us. Nor from myself.
Odelna stood by the opposite wall, her hands pressed flat against it. Her mouth was open, the piercing scream still ringing out.
She was trapped. Children crawled towards her, their hands outstretched and grasping.
I watched as Draven took it all in–the little girl trapped by the wall, utterly helpless; Lancelet across the room, her eyes closed, being dragged away into darkness; me, pulling as hard as I could against Vesper who was trying to save me when I didn’t want to save myself.
Draven’s eyes met mine. I saw a terrible realization dawn, just as it was dawning for me. I watched as his face contorted momentarily into a mask of fury and frustration. Then it hardened into a familiar grim resolve.
“Go,” he shouted to me, his green eyes blazing, his deep voice resonating across the room. “Go. I’ll find you, Morgan.” I felt a shiver go through me. The words were a vow. A promise. I knew they were unbreakable. No matter what happened he would do as he swore. “Now go. Get the hell out of here.”
Then he broke the gaze, turned and rushed towards the children who had surrounded the little girl, his raised sword already sweeping through the air.
A sharp tug on my arm caused me to realize we had reached the opposite wall. A passageway led ahead, out into darkness.
“Come!” Vesper didn’t wait for me to say yes.
The children had reached the entrance to the passageway nearest them and were pulling Lancelet’s prone body through.
I screamed her name, screamed Draven's name, but it was no use.
Vesper raced into the stone corridor, pulling me behind him.
CHAPTER 33
