Don’t stop. Not there. Come farther…
The words hit his brain like a thought, but in a voice that Lyle didn’t recognize. He paused, two fingers stuck in his pocket and his gaze glued to the door handle. A single drop of sweat slipped down his spine.
Do it…
He turned slowly, expecting to find one of Arius’s den mates behind him. There was nothing. Not a man, not a vampire, not even a rat. Just the slow, constant drip of water and the flick-buzz of lights.
Nothing? Then why is your heart pounding like it’s trying to break through your rib cage? Why are you holding your breath?
Lyle shook his head and tried to make his body turn back toward the door. Something wouldn’t let him. Something kept making his eyes shift deeper down the corridor. That same something kept his ears perked so inten
