Chapter 43
43 –Tricked Into Helping The Devil
Madeline:
“ Is there anything down there that can help you get up?” I asked the old man.
He let out a helpless cry, the sound of it breaking something inside me. It was painful to hear a man trapped and suffering like that.
“There’s a lever here,” he said weakly.
Graham and I exchanged a quick look. Maybe that was it. Maybe these rocks weren’t just blocking the cave, they were part of a mechanism.
The thought hung between us until Graham added, “My wolf can squeeze through. He’s pretty flexible, you know. Even if he breaks his bones, he manages to get the job done p>
He tried to sound confident, but something about it didn’t feel right. A chill crept up my spine.
“Okay, okay, but be careful,” I uttered, and it made him turn around and look at me silently.
“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine,” he said softly.
The awkwardness lingered as we kept sharing a glance.
“You be careful out there too.” Graham had to shake his head to break the eye contact. Even I awkwardly shifted back.
“Are you going to help me?” being curious and having someone he could finally speak to, the old man continued to call for us.
“Yeah, please wait there. We are trying to find a way to get you out,” I called out to him, reassuring him that we were still here and hadn’t left.
“Please do it as soon as possible,” he urged.
All this time, Graham hadn’t looked away from me once. It made me feel awkward and self conscious.
“Okay, I will take off my clothes and start the transition p>
As soon as Graham said that, I realized why he had been staring at me. He wanted me to leave so he could get naked.
I mean, of course, it would be awkward if I just stood there watching him.
So I walked out, waiting outside the cave. And then I heard groaning and grunting.
I looked at the ground in front of me and noticed his shadow growing bigger and bigger.
I had no clue how he was going to pass through that tiny opening because his wolf seemed very gigantic.
But as I was questioning it, I noticed his wolf silently starting to turn smaller and weaker. Maybe that’s what he meant when he said his wolf could do this job.
I didn’t turn around for some reason, not until after I saw the shadow disappearing.
That was when I knew he had gone down. So I hastily turned around and saw his tail slowly drifting inside.
After only a few seconds, I noticed that the latch moved just a bit, enough for the old man to climb out.
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“Can you see me now?” the old man cried out.
“Okay, I can see you inside,” I stated as I knelt down, my hands on both sides of the opening, staring down.
The old man was looking up. He was shirtless, looking so thin. His head was bald, and he started to raise his hands.
There was still not enough light for me to look inside.
As I started to grab my phone to direct the flashlight inside, the old man’s voice came in.
“He is helping me get up. Can you please pull me up p>
As soon as he said that, I put my phone down instantly and adjusted my body weight so I could squeeze my hand down and help the old man up.
I could tell that it was the old man who let me know Graham was picking him up from the ground, helping him reach the opening.
I held his hand, noticing how warm he was, almost to the point that it felt like my skin would come off.
I grimaced in pain, but at this point, I couldn’t free myself from his hand, or else he would fall back down.
And the older he was, the more I could tell that maybe he would break his bones and not be able to transition to heal.
So I was trying my best not to let go, even when I was feeling this excruciating pain from holding his hand.
“Just a few more pushes,” I said, trying to keep him going. “Okay, I’m going to pull you up in one last full force. Got it p>
“Okay, I’m ready,” The old man whimpered in pain.
I could tell he had grown so weak, probably starving. His wolf must have died recently, and that might have been the only reason he’d stayed alive this long.
But now that his wolf was gone, he was growing weaker by the minute.
However, something hit my mind at that moment, but I was in the middle of dragging the old man up, adrenaline rushing through my body too fast to focus on it.
If Graham was pushing him up, wouldn’t he have come up easily? I mean, Graham could move big rocks. Why was I the one pulling this man with all my strength?
And the minute the old man was out of the cave, wearing old shorts that were so loose on him now, tied with a rope around his waist, I began to realize something was wrong.
I had dragged him up, but where was Graham?
“Ah! Fresh air and freedom feels so good,” the old man cheered, laughing loudly,
I was happy to rescue him but this uneasy feeling was not leaving me at rest. I kept having this feeling that something was not right here.
As soon as the old man landed on the ground and lay down, breathing peacefully in the fresh air, I rushed back to the opening.
Sure enough, I couldn’t see Graham standing. He was lying on the side, naked, in his human form.
My eyes narrowed at his image and goosebumps covered my skin at the sight.
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“What the fuck?” I hissed under my breath in confusion.
Before I could react, turn around, or look at the old man, I felt something wrap around my neck and yank me away from the opening.
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