Chapter 53: Never Owe A Witchdoctor

Adeline

Bile sprang to Adeline's throat. It had little to do with the vortex of water surging around them. Would Pain and Pleasure come after them? If they touched Jack, he'd do whatever they wished. Would they immediately kill him or bring him with them to torture and kill later? She frowned. They were after the damn stone. She looked over her shoulder. Behind her, the two followed them into the water passageway.

She and Jack raced ahead into the tunnel, the twins closing in on them, with Jack half-carrying her. A scream burst around her. Adeline glanced back at the closing-in enemy. Water tossed the two, drowning them where they stood.

"It's okay." She panted. "They're gone."

"What happened?" He frowned. "Did they drown?"