Page 372 of Hunters and Prey

“But you brought me along because you needed me.”

He shrugged. “That and the fact I couldn’t knock you out with magic.” His brow furrowed. “It seems that you’re immune.”

“Maybe your magic isn’t as powerful as you think.” I walked over to the monitors. “Let me see what I can do.”

This would be a challenge, and challenges were my forte. Five minutes later, and I’d accessed the camera feeds to various rooms in the complex. Was there a way to cycle through them? Yes! The cell room flashed on first, and I zoomed in on our cell, where four figures slept. So, this was his glamour. He’d left magical imprints of us for the cameras to pick up on. There were several empty rooms that looked like labs and then another cell room, this one so dark the camera picked up on a heat signature only. Several large shapes pulsed to the left of the screen, and in the center was one huge mass.

Dante leaned forward, his breath coming shallow and fast. “That’s him. Where is he?”

I glanced at the bottom of the screen where his location was spelled out in neat block capitals. Sublevel 0 restricted. A few clicks of the button and we had a map. Our location was marked as a red dot, and below us was the chamber housing Dante’s brother.

He shook his head, his lips tightening. “It’s on the other side of the complex. Three floors below us.” He ran a hand over his face and then studied his tattoo again.

“What is it?”

“I could get to him, but I doubt I’d be able to get us back out again. The amount of magic required to pass through all the locked doorways would drain the enchantment.”

“So what do you do now?”

He closed his eyes briefly and sighed. “We need to get back to our cell.”

Something on the map caught my eye. “Wait.” Glowing red and blue lines pulsed on the grid. Power lines. And they seemed to amass together in one huge room on the floor below us. “I think I found the hub of power.” I tapped the screen. “We need to get to this room.”

Dante studied the map, and I studied his profile. “Can you get us there?”

He nodded slowly. “Yes. I think I can. Will you be able to turn off the power?”

It was my turn to do the slow nod. “I think I can.”

“Okay. Let’s get back. We can try for the hub tomorrow night.”

I flipped the monitor back to the setting it had been on when we’d arrived. A tingle ran up and down my spine and my muscles tensed. Someone was coming.

Dante grabbed my hand. He’d sensed it too. “Anya, we have to—”

The door opened and two Bloods stepped into the room.

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