Chapter Nine
Elsie nearly threw herself down the stairs when she reached the trapdoor, stopping in front of Jaxson's cage where he struggled to rise. She wrapped her hand around his on the bars. "We have to get out of here." Holding onto him, drawing his hand away from the bars to drag his arm past them, she turned and tried to reach Autumn. "Take my hand."
Autumn's arms remained at her side. "You're wasting your time. He chained us when he saw you'd escaped."
"Please. Try anyway." Elsie's gaze briefly dropped to the chains around Autumn's ankles before meeting her gaze again. The Dryad's eyes reminded her of Caidon. "Please, Autumn. They'll be gone soon."
Autumn pressed herself against the bars, the tips of her fingers lightly brushing Elsie's. "You'll soon see how impossible this is.
