Never Keep (Sins of the Zodiac #1)

CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT

W e ran on through the darkness, little knowledge to our direction aside from heading ever downward and hoping we might end up in our desired location. Everest’s desire to find her man was rippling through the air, her magic continuously fuelling my own without me having to try and drain it. Her desires were what drove us on and I couldn’t help but wonder why I was still pursuing them. But with the Vampires in the Keep and our route back upwards blocked by them, there weren’t many alternatives to forging on regardless.

“Where is this Raincarver leading us?” Moraine growled, moving closer to me and hiding our words in a silencing shield as she narrowed her eyes at the back of Everest’s head.

“The Reapers are keeping secrets in this place,” I replied, looking from her to Cayde and Dalia who weren’t at all subtle in their thirst for this information which I had been withholding for so long. “While I was investigating it, I came across her doing the same. I needed the information she’d gained and I offered her a blood pact to get it. I can’t cause her harm or my own blood will rot.”