Book Five: Chapter 224

“I am not hollow!” Leeds struggled against his bonds. “I am not just a footnote in history!”

“Maybe not today. But soon.” Ratu shoved Leeds into the smooth alcove behind them with surprising strength. The Jersey Devil fought and screamed as they pushed him in and forced him into the fetal position as Ratu shrank the stone walls around him.

Leeds shrieked at them from his stone prison as the walls closed in.

“He needs to come see me!” he screamed, his voice echoing down the tunnel. “I deserve better than this! I will come for him, and I will come for his daughter! You haven’t seen the last of me!”

“Do you know what I think?” Abella moved her face closer to the shrinking hole in the wall. Leeds shifted his face around so that he could see her. “I think you’re about to get the one thing that your mother never gave you.”

Leeds’ eyes went wide in fury.

“A really long hug,” Abella told him, then backed away. His response was drowned out as the stone clo