CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Luca drew me behind him as our floating foes stopped at different elevations above us. Only one of them hovered down to our level, and I didn’t need three guesses to know it was the leader. Their dark eyes studied us with a hint of amusement as they stretched their hand out to me.
I snorted. “Hell no.”
The figure narrowed their eyes, and their muffled but distinctly female voice floated across the chasm to us. “Come with us, or he will die.”
“Where are the spices?” Luca spoke up.
Our foe’s eyes took a devious turn. She reached into her cloak and drew out a small bag which she held in their palm. “If you give her to us, we will free her of the curse.”
“Why do you want me so badly?” I demanded to know as I glared back at them. “Why did you do this to me?”
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