Be Careful When You Bite Me novel Chapter 38

At least that's what I'd hoped for. I held my hand out to reach for the door. The Volati threaded like bolts of dark blue buzzing electricity that wheeled around the shed. I felt a slight sharp pain but it wasn't something that I couldn't handle.

I heard Asia call out my name but I didn't listen. I reached my entire arm out until half my body was on the other side of the jolts.

"Well?" Xavier asked after a couple of seconds.

"It's hot," I answered," it's getting hotter."

I felt the heat of the jolts began to throb on my skin like hot coals. I rapidly jumped to the other side and felt immediate relief when the pain was no longer there.

"What now?" I looked up towards a shocked Xavier.

"You have to unwind the chains from the door," he quickly snapped to reality," behind the door is the entrance to the church."

I nodded and looked down towards the metal chains that were outlined with the same jolts. I tried to reach for a link but quickly winced away at the heat.

"This ones even hotter," I yelled towards Xavier.

"They get stronger as you get deeper inside," he said," pull your sleeves over your fingers!"

I did as instructed and fumbled with the chain as quickly as I could. I took breaks every time I unlinked a chain but the heat was slowly starting to get more and more overbearing. I pulled back my sleeves and looked down at my blistering palms and back up at the chain.

I had about three more links to unhook.

Shit! Shit shit shit shit!

I tried to clear my mind of the pain but that was almost impossible. I unhooked another and now my palms were bleeding through my sleeves. I took another break and looked back towards an anxious-looking Xavier.

"Holly, you have to hurry, the wolf might wake up at any second."

"Okay," I breathed out and wiped my hands on my jeans, I pulled the sleeves back over my palm and unhooked another, and then finally the last one, screaming out just as the chain tumbled to the ground.

I groaned out in pain and felt my tears flooding down and stinging the cuts on my face.

"Good job, open the door, Holly."

I pulled on the metal knob and revealed a dark staircase that led down to pitch black.

"There's nothing, just stairs," I said," I can't see."

"Go down the stairs, the prison should be somewhere down there-"

"I-I can't," I muttered, trying to control my crying. I didn't want to admit to Xavier that I was terrified of going down there and the staircase had reminded me of the one at the castle cell. I never wanted to be anymore near that cell again and the thought of going down those stairs sent chills up my spine.