Chapter 148: A Way Out
Jason
I was starting to lose hope in the exact promise I made to Kenny about two hours ago. I assured him that we’d get out of here no matter what, but as the minutes bleed into hours and it doesn’t seem like we were making any kind of progress, I was starting to lose hope. I wasn’t letting it show through because that would make Kenny panic and it was something I was currently avoiding.
So far, we’ve made zero progress. I had tried breaking the bars with my hands, Kenny had even assisted, but it was pointless. The bars were too strong to give out a little. After that, I tried punching the walls to see if I could break through it, but I only managed to break my knuckles and that waa it. With my second hand, and Kenny’s two hands, we tried digging through the ground for any kind of means in order to escape, but it was pointless again.
I was currently taking in deep breaths and trying to think but it didn’t seem like that was helping out in any way. My mind rolled over to Rory and I wondered what was currently going on with him, I could feel my mouth fill up with bile at the thought of Alex getting his hands on him. Whenever I get the chance to get a hold of Alex, I won’t even care of what is gonna happen, I was going to kill the bastard without any sort of hesitation.
My mind briefly got clouded with bitterness and I got the pressing urge to lean against the nearest wall. With my back against the wall, I slowly realized that I couldn’t feel my wolf. That made me become alert and I felt through my chest, through all the corners in there to see if I’d be able to feel its presence there but it was still completely empty in there. I let out a grunt but when Kenny turned towards me, I forced a smile on.
Now wasn’t the time to be thinking about my stupid wolf. I wasn’t sure of why I couldn’t feel it within me but it had to be either because he couldn’t feel Rory since the moment he got kidnapped, or because it was unhappy that we were still stuck in this cell. But even when my wolf went full dormant oh me, I was still able to feel his presence... unlike right now.
I pushed off the wall and made my way to Kenny where I sank down beside him, pushing thoughts of my wolf backwards. I could still feel pain in my chest and my head but I was glad that at least now it felt like I was used to it, and not like it was something threatening to strike me down.
"What if we really rot and die in here?" Kenny asked quietly, his eyes darting around as he spoke and I hated that i didn’t have a response. I hated it so much because I was used to coming up with solutions to every situation. This is the first time I’ve been unable to do that and it was still making me feel extremely useless. I let out a long sigh, wishing I could promise him that we’d get out of here no matter what, but I didn’t do that because even I wasn’t sure I believed that at this point.
Kenny’s stomach grumbled in the next moment, a clear sign of hunger. Before I could even attempt to say anything in response, my stomach was rumbling loudly as well and I pressed my palm over it for a moment before letting out a low sigh.