Wolf of Stone novel Chapter 31

I completely agreed with him.

"But where? And how the hell are we supposed to get out? And who the hell is shooting at us and why????" Liza asked question after question frantically.

I frowned as I gazed at our surroundings. The shooting stopped...

"It's over," I muttered.

Axil shook his head, "it's not. They're coming into the house to make sure we're dead."

"You can hear them?" I asked, "how many are there and who are they?"

Axil frowned as he continued to listen closely. "I can't tell the exact amount but I'm positive it's over ten people."

He tensed up as if he heard something dreadful, then turned his determined gaze to me.

I shivered as they explored my face, very aware of our position right now. For some reason though, I didn't feel uncomfortable with him this close to me... I felt warm... and safe.

"We need to leave right now. Does your house have a secret exit?" He reluctantly got off me and stood up, gazing around at my damaged bedroom.

"No. There's no exit upstairs unless we jump out the window but that'll just break our limbs. Besides, we have nowhere to go." Liza muttered, sitting up and hugging her arms around herself.

An idea entered my mind.

"I can mask our presence and erase us from the eyesight of others. That way, we can easily slip by them and leave. With my abilities, I can get us out the window safely."

Liza's eyes sparkled, "like invisibility?"

I nodded, "similar concept yes, but a little different."

Axil nodded at me, "quickly do it. They're getting closer."

I took a deep breath then exhaled, waving my hand out in front of me, "cloak." I muttered, feeling the power behind that simple command as it rushed forth from within me and blanketed us.

I got off the floor and went to help Liza up, grabbing a tight hold of her hand as I pulled us both closer to Axil.

My bedroom door creaked open...

In came an army of police officers, drowned in the familiar blue and white uniform.

My mouth opened in surprise as Liza gasped from beside me.

"The Sylia cops!? What the hell did we do?" Liza whispered in astonishment, mirroring my thoughts.

"The mayor has a death penalty out against the Franchild sisters. Until we find their bodies, no one is allowed to rest," as the Axil look alike said this, I glimpsed a flash of resistance in his eyes, as if the words that came from his mouth wasn't the thoughts he wanted to voice.

Mind manipulation...

I tugged at Axil and whispered, "we need to leave."

Axil nodded and closed his eyes tightly for a brief second. Then he turned to me and leaned down to whisper in my ear.

"I'll jump down the window first, then I'll catch both you and Liza. All you have to do is jump, trust me."

I stared back at him in disbelief. I was supposed to trust that he could catch us from a two-story house!? Was he crazy!?

I opened my mouth to refuse but then thought more carefully. It wasn't as if we had any better options. Besides, I knew a spell that could cushion our fall. I glanced at the decent sized window with a frown then reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Axil carefully stepped away from us and went towards the window. I held Liza's hand tightly and slowly followed behind him, keeping him in my range of protection.

The officers were scattered around my room, searching yet finding nothing as we carefully wormed ourselves around their bodies.

I looked at the doorway to my bedroom and clashed eyes with the Axil look-alike, freezing in my spot for a brief moment.