Lacking Humanity | Moon Ridge

Chapter Fifty-Seven

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With families reunited on one end of the facility, it was the other group that had found exactly what they were hoping for—Deeming the nicer metal doors as the main entrance, the place where Remus was forced to leave Sage alone.

Not alone, but with Blake and her father.

Granted, he sort of wished for the former Rogue's opinion, given that he has faced a facility much like this one. But this gave room for Liam Elwood to step up.

"Never thought I'd see myself back at one of these places..." Liam mumbled, the weight of his words pressing down harder than it should to those around him. It always caused his brothers to grimace when either he or Luke brought up the unforgettable time when the two went missing.

Cameron had been younger—just having shifted within the last few years when he realized that the family balance had not only cracked, it had ultimately broke the Elwoods apart.

Some had theorized that is why Leo had made such an uprise in remaining with Sage—Adopting her—Becoming her parents and welcoming her in with such open arms.

She was a big reason why they were able to escape, and that gained her the loyalty of the entire Master of Arms family.

Remus sighed as he truly did not want to dive deeper into this building knowing what might be happening within it. He choked back the thoughts about Andrew already doing goddess what after trekking through that awful drain.

After getting off easy, he entered into the side—Only to catch Grey standing there with an air of authority on him. And Remus nodded off towards him.

"We've managed—Found the males, and the females should be coming soon. There are a lot who need help waking up and are too hurt to help us. The rest are prepared to tear this place apart." Remus swallowed the information as quickly as he could.

"Send the sick off towards the rest of us." Grey agreed, but Liam frowned. "What about Maleeha? Did you find her brother?"

"She ditched the first chance she got, the males that need to get out now are in the closet—Haven't managed to see any guards this way." Thus, the first number of escapists had started to inch up—Leaving Blake to act as the in-between with the rest.

It still didn't feel right or safe to be so far away from either group, so when he caught sight of Severin in the hall, they had nodded as though they were merely coworkers—It was easy. 

Too easy.

Leaving Remis to believe that whoever was running this facility was just allowing them to move about for show. For them to get their hopes up, getting them was the first step of the many they needed to get to.

Remus was walking in a pattern, one that might have been influenced by a military blacksite—But he was all too easy to get grabbed by Andrew, who was in a side closet with a few unknown faces, all of which were dressed the same.

"Rem, this place is a fucking maze."
"Yeah, passing around a sticky note with the map on it isn't doing it. How's finding the witches going?" Andrew nicked his arm to one of the smaller males and he grunted a huff.

"H-hi, sir. The witches are on the opposite end of the facility. Usually, it's much more secure than what's happening here. They kept us heavily sedated...Not as much as Buck, though." Remus nodded to the stranger but then looked back to Andrew.

"Who's Buck?"

"A wolf that has the body Severin and Luke combined—And then some. He's helping Sev find the females and get them transported to Blake. It's giving us time to scout the other beings here before we tackle the witches. If Chaz is right, we'll want all hands on deck for getting past the protective wall for them. Then we find Almond." The others didn't question the plan, not when time was sensitive down to the very seconds.