Chapter 40. Out of the Shadows

Chase’s POV

We followed my father through the hallway behind the dining room, and into corridors stretching through the rest of the castle. Daron, Mesus, Ezra, Blaze, and I are trying to be as quiet as we possibly can. Behind us guards are tracking the way, moving slower than us, and making sure we can find our way back.

We move down stairsteps made into the rocky ground. Down and down, until it evens out and then further away from the castle. We keep a distance, using our enhanced hearing to follow him, but keeping ourselves out of hearing reach. After what felt like hours, the corridor comes to a new staircase, going up into unfamiliar territory. I stop my group, turning around and looking at them. The other Kings followed me blindly here only based on the information of Helenius. He looks uneasy at the stairs, and I have a feeling he knows where we are, and he may have been here before. This is out of our land. I felt the barrier slide through me, recognizing m