274 All Bets are Lost

As soon as the pathway ended, the familiar sight of the underground came into view.

I took in the rows of cells, the whirring sound of bottom feeders shuffling beneath them, the pink leaves blooming along every wall, and lastly, the heavy aroma of poison.

It was truly good to be back home.

[Are the others going to join us later?] Delphine asked curiously.

|[No, why do you say that?]| I questioned her back.

Much like me, there were audible sighs of relief coming from my nestlings, and they all became chatty at once.

[We joined together right?] Delphine added. [And their Queen Mother likes you, doesn't that make us siblings now?]

Pfft! What a funny idea.

[What are you saying? I don't trust them.] Cygnus interrupted her, not caring at all that there were Veladrys in our midst. [Didn't you see how those other creatures were looking at us? We should kill them.]

Thankfully, none of the Veladrys could understand him.