Nicola was caught in two minds with little time to make a decisive call. On the one hand, she instinctively knew Sam was lying about how he had got here - all of the other statues she had seen were of beautiful, big breasted women. Why would Jasper be interested in making a statue of this scrawny, ordinary looking boy? And yet he had guessed Nicola's predicament with unnerving accuracy. That was highly suspicious.
On the other hand she had no better options of potentially escaping and Sam appeared completely harmless. Nicola felt fairly confident she could physically overpower him if he tried anything on with her. Also, he was visibly lusting after her and guys like that were so easy to manipulate. If he really did know of an exit she could probably persuade him to let her take it even before he did. Nicola's mind was made up.
"Ok, lead tbe way and I'll follow" Nicola whispered.
"No, you should go first" Sam insisted "the person at the back is more likely to get caught if anything goes wrong. It's just a right turn then all the way to the door at the end."
"Ok, if you're sure" Nicola smiled smugly. This lovesick puppy was sacrificing himself for her already.
As they tiptoed out of the room Jasper could be heard skulking around downstairs. Sam gestured for Nicola to get down on all fours to obscure herself from the wizard's view. Her new companion did the same, crawling slowly after her.
It was at this point, with Sam's nose inches from her buttocks, that Nicola realised his decision to go behind her hadn't been as chivilrous as he had made it appear. She desperately wanted to tell him to back off or swap positions, but with Jasper in earshot it would be too dangerous to do anything other than proceed with the agreed plan.
The crawl to the other end of the hallway was a long and slow one, punctuated by several cautious stops. Nicola tried not to dwell on how intimately familiar Sam had already become with her, in particular her bumhole and pussy.
Eventually, they arrived at their destination, a heavily padlocked door.
"Ok, we're here" Sam announced, standing up "This isn't an escape route, but it will keep us safe for now"
"How are we supposed to get in?" Nicola hissed as she rose onto one knee poised to make a move. The question was a reasonable one.
"Give me a moment" Sam reassured Nicola "I'm great at picking locks!"
Nicola watched in disbelief as Sam waved his hand over the lock and it immediately fell open without him even having to touch it. This wasn't lock picking, this was clearly magic - and she'd experienced enough of that already to know it was usually bad news. Msybe he wasn't as harmless as she had thought.
"There!" Sam gestured to the open door leading to who knows what "You go in first. Quick, before he sees you!"
Nicola hesitated a moment. This was another huge decision she had next to no time to make.