Arc 4 | Last Resort (3)
LAST RESORT
Part 3
Allie and the others wouldn’t wake up any time soon. I made sure of that. All it took was a little sprinkle of the cheapest purple pixie dust (purple for charmed effects like sleep, which cost me five crystals per packet for one use), knocking them out for the next two hours.
And two hours are good enough for me.
While the delvers were asleep, I had more time to prepare them for Act Two: The rising tension. The Lure. Baiting them toward their eventual doom. The part when the fear builds to a bloody crescendo until, eventually, the delvers start screaming, groveling, and running, picked off one by one.
And, of course, the introduction of the main villain.
“The Administrators are watching us, my lord, eyes flickering with glee…” The Siren reminded me.
Of course, they are, I sighed. “Can you see them?”
The Siren shook her head. “Blood is in the water, joyful sounds of slaughter…”