Snakes and Ladders

Chapter 33: 'She's Not A Lady'

Emilia grunted as she treaded carefully through the small space.

"I can't believe we had to break into" she jabbed a accusatory finger back "YOUR home"

Nikolai eyes glowed menacingly at her from behind "Shut up. I didn't ask for you to be here"

"Well I didn't either" She snapped back

Nik gnashes his pearl white teeth together in annoyance "You-"

"Would you both do Tate and I a favor and shut the hell up?" Tony said irritably, his voice echoing throughout the metal of the vents.

Nikolai huffed "Whatever. But if anything could you move a bit quicker? At this rate we'll get to the dungeons by Christmas"

"Who in their right mind has a dungeon in their own home?" Emilia looked at him bewilderingly "You and your whole family are fucking crazy"

Nik offered a smug smirk "Well thank you. If we by chance happen to not escape and get caught by my darling of a brother I'll be sure to pass the word on to him"

Emilia's eye twitched.

She wanted to strangle him.

Deep breaths Emilia. Deep breaths.

Sucking in her anger, she began to pick up the pace crawling farther. She heard a small 'finally' from the back of her, but she ignored that.

She grimaced as cobwebs got stuck in her hair.

After what felt like a decade, Nikolai jabbed my side, hard.

"Oww. What you prick?"

The Brazilian rolled his eyes "What do you think? We're here" he gestured to the air vent opening.

I peeked through the spaces in the window vent.

I heard an abrupt shuffle, and saw Nikolai on the other side. Somehow having shuffled past me without touching me. Despite the close corridors of the air vents.

"There" he pointed to a far away figure by the door of the room.

"It's her"

Emilia leaned in closer.

Long red hair, a mixture of autumn leaves and strawberries. A few strands of pure copper mixed in the brassy, striking color of her hair.

"Wow she's-"

"An Ingenious Bombshell" Nikolai finished, staring at the distant figure.

Emilia glanced over and couldn't believe her eyes.

Nikolai Valentine looked like he was in love.

He gazed at her, looking enraptured with everything about her, like she was the only person who existed in the world.

His normally hardened eyes were softened a fair amount, tender when looking at the redhead.

"Hey lover boy we're on a mission remember?" Tony butted in sarcastically

Nik's eyes shifted into one of annoyance as he side eyed Tony with a frown. He got back to the task on hand though and gently grasped the metal air vent out.

Without the air vent opening, everyone could get a closer look at the room. It was a pretty gruesome sight to behold.

Emilia had to stop herself from gagging openly.

Vicious, brutal looking weapons lined in the walls. Pick axes, Refined sharpened knifes, and loads of guns and rifles decked out the cracked walls in spades. However the weapons weren't placed by one another oddly enough. Emilia squinted closer to get a better view of the place.

Ah. They must of all been arranged by color coordination.

Before she could comment on it, Emilia felt a harsh shove against her shoulder.

"Move" Nik barked gruffly, rudely shoving her to the side

Tony and Tatum frowned in sync.

"Oi! Is that how you treat a lady?" Tony spoke up, tutting at Nik.

Nik rolled his eyes as he placed his arms on the sides of the now opened vent.

"She's not a lady" he commented back before letting himself drop.

Emilia felt a strong urge to punch the guy.

"What a douche" she muttered before letting herself fall in a similar fashion.

Tatum and Tony fell not long after.

Hello my wonderful people!
Okay so I know I haven't updated in like several months but I assure you I'm still going to finish the book. It was on a bit of a hiatus because of school, sports, work, etc. So I haven't been able to fit the book into my schedule along with trying to figure out how I wanted to continue the book. But for all who have stayed with me during thus process I thank you. I appreciate every one of you and I still think it's wild that this book has gotten this popular.

I'm slowly getting back into this book and I will try to make sure to post the next chapter soon now that I'm not as busy.

Love you all!

~Jaderunner