Page 90 of The Hellbeast's Betrayal
“But they are nothing without you, my dear. Come, for I will show you.”
I was forced to watch as they traveled down a hallway, one that I knew Jared had taken when sneaking inside. As I had heard them speak of how Jared could have gotten in, this discussion took place not long after the attack on him in the bedroom.
Which made me wonder, was this where they were going now? It seemed so, because they walked through a door and into a cave system. The long tunnel seemed to go on forever, until it finally opened up into a cavernous space. A hollowed-out section of the middle of the mountain. But that wasn’t what was so startling.
No, it was the…
Valley of bones.
“It has been disturbed but as you can see, I have my men getting it all back in order now,” Garmr told her, as she gasped.
Millions of bones were all now getting piled up into pyramids by the workers we could see below.
“I don’t know what to say,” she replied in shock.
“Say it can be done,” he returned, making her turn and throw her arms around him, before promising,
“It will take time, but yes, my love, I think it can be done.”
I inwardly gasped as it clicked just what she meant by this. My panic now burst over as the gravity of the situation started to play out in my mind.
“Excellent, for once you have brought back these souls, then I will be master of the greatest army all the realms of Hell have ever known, for nothing can stop us…not as long as I have you by my side,”he said, cradling her head to his chest, before allowing her to pull back to stare back at the sea of bones. One that if she managed her task, could truly mean the end.
And unfortunately, the horror of my situation was one that I didn’t think could get any worse. But I was wrong. Because then he wrapped his arms around her from behind and told her,
“I have another gift for you.”
“You do?” she asked, her voice sounding amused.
“Yes…” he replied, practically purring the word, pausing before whispering what would soon become a new torture for me to bare from my living nightmares…
“I have captureda HellBeast for you to kill.”
To be continued...
