Chapter One-Hundred-and-Thirty-Four
Their steps echoed down through the stairwell into the pyramid on Anchor Hole island. Ellen, Jabari, Lasse, and Cathy were awaiting them as they reached the last step.
“Thanks for waiting,” Adam said.
Lasse looked between him and Julie, and while he didn’t say anything, Adam noticed the change in his melody.
I suppose that from his perspective it must look like we’re in a relationship.
Little does he know that I’m actually trying to keep them all safe from this psycho.
Although he hoped it wouldn’t come to it, Adam was fully prepared to kill Julie if she tried anything again. Failing his quest to protect her would lead to a punishment from the Flayed Lady, but he was pretty sure he knew a way to get out of her grasp if it came to that.
“I checked on our ship, and the tethers aren’t going to hold forever. It already shifted loose a bit, so we don’t have a lot of time,” Adam warned them. “Regardless, let’s proceed with caution. Julie and I will sweep for traps, then Ellen and Jabari will enter each chamber first.”
“I have a protective bubble skill if we need it,” Ellen said.
Adam nodded. That’s gotta be her third evolution skill, I’m guessing.