10
Orion led me upstairs and to a bedroom. One whiff of the place told me it wasn’t the guest bedroom. There was way too much musk in the air. “I think you took a wrong turn.”
Orion released my shoulders and stepped back into the hall. He grasped the knob and smiled at me as I half-turned to him. “Just try not to wreck too much.”
My eyes widened as he slammed the door shut between us. “Hey!” I rushed forward and grabbed the knob. Locked. I slammed my shoulder against the door, but it didn’t budge. There wasn’t even a tremor. “Let me out!”
“It’s better for both of us if I don’t,” he argued.
“It won’t be better for you when I get out of here!” I warned him.
The voice that replied to me sounded deeper and more gravelly. “I can’t. You’ll understand in a few minutes.”
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