The Triad

" What was that scream? " Enya cringed listening to that heart-rending wail.

Will glanced hesitantly at Jake, whose Berserk physique was slowly returning to normal, but chose to remain silent. As for Hakkrasha, he was still as relaxed as ever, as if this painful shriek had no influence on him.

"It sounded like my cousin Brice. "Jake finally scoffed with open contempt. "Don't worry about him, he got what he deserved."

Upon discovering that Jake had no intention of flying to his rescue, the wrinkles on Will's forehead visibly smoothed out. It had been so difficult to get out of the previous hall that he didn't feel ready to run headlong into new dangers.

Tough luck for him, staying put wasn't necessarily safer.

Thud, thud, thud...