The First Betrayal

Chapter 8

The way back to the cellar was not what we were expecting. The halls were now crawling with guards. I should have known better. Noah was always ten steps ahead of me. He saw this coming. I don't know how he knew it was today, but he did and now we have to get ourselves out of here without being caught.

I turn towards both Jonas and Jacob and whisper, "Okay we need a new plan. This place is crawling with guards now and we will get caught if we continue towards the cellar."

Jonas did a circle motion with his hand like he was expecting me to say more, "That's quite obvious princess but what I'm really wondering is how we are planning on getting out of here alive."

I scoffed at him, "Alright jackass no need for the attitude. I have a way to get us out of here, but it will not be easy. For this to work you both will need to follow my every move perfectly. Do I make myself clear?"

They nodded.

"Amazing." I turned my head down the hallway and then motioned for the two of them to look at where I was pointing, "First we go down this hallway. We will cross a path to our right, we take that. From there we take two lefts. The only problem is that after we take those turns, we will encounter the staircase. The one that leads up to the main part of the castle." They both looked at each other like I was insane, I waved them off, "Look, I know it's a little insane, but we have no choice. Plus, he has sent half the guards to sweep the cellar and any second they will be here. It's now or never, so are you with me."

They both nod.

"Perfect, then follow me."

I start down the hallway which is a slow and painful journey. The first hallway is not far from where we are, but we cannot afford to be quick because we could be spotted at any moment. It has to be executed perfectly or else we will find ourselves dead. I'm sure Noah has told the guards to kill on sight and I've survived death once; I will not be so lucky again.

We reach the first hallway and quickly enter it. From there I'm less worried about running into guards as they are already all down here. We are able to move quicker than before and in less than a minute we make it to the staircase. I look at them for any signs of hesitation. Finding none I motion with my hand to follow me, and we sneak up.

As predicted the main floor is a ghost town at the moment. Any remaining guards are with Noah, that I am sure of. What I am not sure of is where Noah is at. He could be anywhere in the palace. And I'm sure he's searching every inch of the palace for my whereabouts.

We stay to the walls of the castle. It's good that there are three of us right now so that we can cover every angle. I have Jonas covering the back and Jacob is covering the side. I've got my eyes front.

In front of us the large double doors come into view, and I breathe a sigh of relief thinking we are almost in the clear. I put my hand on the door to open it before I hear behind me,

"Blair?"

I freeze. My entire body goes numb, and I can't do anything but keep my eyes fixed on the door.

"Blair, darling I've been looking everywhere for you. What happened to you?" I can hear him coming closer.

I'm no longer frozen. That fear quickly replaced by anger that he acts like he is concerned about me after what he did. I quickly turn on my heel to face him only to find him so close we almost bump noses. While I was frozen, he had taken Jonas and Jacob into custody.

"Let. Them. Go."

He smiles down at me, "I will, just as soon as you agree to come home."

"Blair don't!" Jonas yelled.