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Just stand back, love. If there s anyone in here, I don t want you in
the line of fire.
Misha nodded and quickly flattened himself against the wall
beside the door. Ifan sent him a smile then opened the door. He
moved quickly, wanting to take anyone that might be inside by
surprise.
But the surprise was on Ifan. The bedroom was empty. It didn t
even look like it had been used in ages. Ifan frowned and turned back
to look at Misha. Are you sure this is your father s bedroom?
Yeah.
Does he have an office or something? Another place that he
sleeps?
What about those rooms you said were under the house?
Ifan snapped his fingers. I should have thought of that.
That s what you have me for. Misha winked.
Come on, Misha, Ifan said as he grabbed Misha s hand and
started dragging him down the hallway. Hugo said there is an
entrance in the dining room.
The dining room? Misha frowned. Really?
Yeah. Ifan shrugged. He understood Misha s confusion. He
could think of a hundred better places to have a secret entrance than a
dining room. Go figure, huh?
Ifan grew concerned when they reached the dining room and a
section of the wall was pulled out, revealing a small stone passageway
with stairs leading down. He wrapped an arm around Misha to hold
him back then sniffed the air.
Do you smell anything? Misha whispered.
It s dank like the air is stale, but other than that I can t smell
anyone else.
Well, someone obviously went through there, Misha said as he
waved his hand at the secret entrance. And I don t think it was Felix.
If he s been hiding this secret passage this long, he wouldn t be so
careless to leave it open now.
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Which means someone else is down there.
Hugo?
Ifan shrugged. Who knows, love?
Well, we re never going to find out unless we go down there.
Ifan knew Misha was right, but he was more concerned with
Misha going into danger than he was with finding out who went into
the passage before them. He d rather just take Misha home where
he d be safe, but as Misha said previously, if Felix continued to run
free, no place would be safe.
All right, come on, Ifan said as he started for the entrance. Stay
close behind me, though. I don t want anything to happen to you. If
there s trouble, you run.
Run, right.
Ifan rolled his eyes. He didn t know where this newfound courage
Misha had was coming from, but he wished it was accompanied by a
little caution. Misha seemed ready to run right into battle heedless of
the danger.
Misha was going to give him gray hair before his time.
Just stay behind me, Misha.
Ifan started down the stone steps, pausing every few steps to sniff
the air. The long stone hallway that led directly from the bottom of
the steps concerned Ifan. It seemed like there was only one way in
and one way out.
At the bottom of the stairs, the scent of something else started
filling Ifan s senses. It still smelled dank, but there was something
else, something that set the hairs on Ifan s arm to standing on end.
Misha, stay here.
Hell no, you said to stay with you, and that s exactly what I m
doing. Have you ever seen those movies where the actors separate and
they both end up dying? I m not that stupid.
A low growl emanated from Ifan. His mate just had to pick this
particular moment to grow a set of balls? Couldn t he have waited
twenty minutes?
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Fine, but you better glue yourself to my ass, do you hear me?
Ifan grunted when Misha did exactly what he said and the man s
smaller body slammed into his backside. Misha s fingers wrapped
through the loops on Ifan s jeans. Misha!
What?
Ifan just shook his head then started down the hallway, Misha hot
on his heels. They walked several feet before they came to the first
door. Ifan gestured for Misha to stand against the wall then slowly
opened the door and looked inside.
It seemed to be nothing more than a storage room. Wooden crates
were stacked from floor to ceiling on both sides of the room, a small
walkway between them. Ifan sniffed the air but didn t find anything
out of place, so he shut the door and moved further on down the
hallway.
The next door led to a room filled with large metal cages. The
hairs on Ifan s arms stood up even further, and a cold chill went down
his spine. The cages were large enough to fit a full-grown man. Ifan
had a pretty good idea what Felix used this room for, and it gave him
the creeps. Ifan quickly shut the door before Misha could look in. He
didn t want his mate any more traumatized than he already was.
Let s try the next room.
Ifan started down the hallway again. He could hear Misha walking
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