*Rion*

I squinted one eye open and watched the rooms change. Varge’s puppets carried me down the stairs and to the basement door. There were only four of them now. Varge and the others were far away. The odds were considerably in my favor.

They took me down the basement stairs and I knew it was now or never. They were off balance, and it would take longer to call reinforcements.

I struggled against their grasp, kicking my legs out.

One of ...