Page 120 of Kingdom of Death and Hope

We talked about the same thing you are concerned about and he said he wanted to go even if there was. He said you have risked your life so many times and he can risk his life this time, Kieran replies. I can’t stop him now. He should be there any moment with food.

Clenching my teeth, I look through the bars to the other cell in front of me. No one is in there and part of me wishes there was so I could talk to them. But at the same time I’m glad no one is there so they don’t have to witness anything Avira is going to do to me.

“Hello?” I call out.

Are there any other cells or is it only these two?

“Who’s there?” a male voice calls back.

My eyes light up and I sit straight. “I’m from a different cell. Who are you?”

Silence.

I take a deep breath. “I’m Adeline Duvall. I think I arrived late last night.”

“Adeline?” the man sounds shocked. “Do you mean Kier⁠—”

“Don’t,” I say harshly. “I’m sorry.”

“So you are.”

“I believe we are talking about the same thing then, yes. He is someone very special to me,” I say.

I don’t know if this random man and I are even talking about the same person but it sounded too close to Kieran’s name.

“What are you doing down here? Did they find out?” the man asks.

“How did you know who I was?” I fire back.

Can I trust this man? What if I give him information and he tells Avira in the end?

“I’m a Fae. I know that there are three men that are close to him. I know that there is a guard here that has a Fae mate. They have met here before and I heard them talking about you and him,” he replies.

I don’t know why I feel like I can trust him, but I do. Something in my gut is telling me that he is okay.

“I think I know who you’re talking about,” I chuckle. “They don’t know about him.”

Does Avira have some type of spell in the dungeon so they can hear our conversation? Shit. I need to be careful.

“What did you do?” he asks. “I grabbed the whip from one of the human guards when he was whipping a female Fae while we were working.”

“I don’t know if I can talk about it,” I reply. “She’s trying to get information out of me that I can’t say. I don’t know if she can hear me right now either. But know that we are on the same side.”

I close my eyes after saying that and exhale. Those words might come and bite me in the ass, but I need him to know that I’m on his side.

“I never doubted it for a second,” he replies.

“You don’t even know me,” I chuckle.

“I’ve heard stories about you whenever those two meet. I know that you would do a lot for anyone in need. You have a good heart,” he says.

Silence fills around us.

“How long have you been here?” I finally ask after several minutes.

“Before you two met,” he replies. “I don’t know how much time has passed since I was placed in here.”

My heart aches for him. He was just trying to protect a female Fae and he ended up in the dungeon.