Chapter 40

"I don't know, a few weeks. Maybe a month?" Drew whispered. He opened his mouth to say something else, but immediately stopped as the door opened, and heavy footsteps came their way. "Oh, good." A rough voice said, "You've all met." Jacie watched as Alice scurried over to the other side of the cell, and Jacie just noticed that they were all chained to the wall. She was so focused on the pain in her head, that she hadn't even noticed the weight of the shackle on her ankle. Jacie scooted into the wall as the man came to her and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him. "Do you know why you are here?" The man asked and Jacie stayed silent. "Fine, I will tell you why. You are going to be my ticket into the Hunter's Circle." The man spoke and she immediately knew that her captor was talking about the same Hunters that Blue told her was hunting members of the Old Kingdom. Apparently the captor didn't like her c