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Chapter 54 He Had A Knife

**Rosalie’s POV

The rain picked back up as Damian and I ran around the exterior of the capital. It was pouring so hard, I could hardly see where we were going, but I kept my eyes on him and forced my feet to keep moving forward.

Faltering at this point wasn’t an option. I had to keep moving for my baby’s sake and for my own.

According to the plan, we would need to get out of Mirage first.

“This way,” Damian said, and I realized he was ushering me through a small door in the ground that reminded me of the cellar we had back home. I wouldn’t have even known it was there if he hadn’t tugged it open.

The door led down a flight of stairs to a narrow tunnel. Damian pulled a flashlight out of his pocket and illuminated the stone surface. At least it wasn’t raining down here.

“Where are we going?” I asked him as we ran along.

“The tunnel ends right before the wall,” he said. “We’ll have to climb over it.”

“And then what?” I asked, my heart pounding in my ears.

“Then… we’ll have to run for a couple of hours through the woods to a cabin. I hope your wolf is fast.”

I almost stopped running. “Wolf?” I said. “I can’t shift, Damian. I’m not twenty-one yet.”

He turned and looked at me, coming to a stop. “Sh*t,” he muttered. Shaking his head, he quickly adjusted his plan based on the news. “It’s fine. I’ll carry you.” Then he turned to face down the tunnel again.

Damian was running again, and I was struggling to keep up. “What about after we get to the cottage?” I asked him.

It took Damian a few moments to respond, as if he wasn’t quite sure what the plan was after that. But he had to know, didn’t he?

“After that,” he said, “we’ll head for the shore. There’s a boat leaving tomorrow morning for Suntra. It leaves from the east port at 10:00, and we’ll be on it.”

as

Suntra. I’d never been there before, but I’d heard it was a lovely place-a place where there were all kinds of people and it was easy to get lost. “Do we have money?” I asked.

Damian nodded. “Yes, I have money,” he replied. “You don’t need to worry about anything, Rosalie. I’ll take care of you.”

turned and looked at me,

met his eyes, and I

a ruse, and Madalynn was just trying to get rid of

had proven himself to be on my side. If I was sincere and thankful to him, perhaps he’d see how much I wanted to live-how much I wanted my

you, Damian,” I told

say anything, only

out for him, to plead my

me a hope I never expected to have. Not only will my baby be assured of a life with a mother that will love him or her no matter what, but I will also have a chance to live

might’ve been intending to persuade him to spare me, but I meant what I

Damian. And I hope that, one day, I can

turned to look at me for a moment again before he said, “I promise to keep you safe, Rosalie, and

brushing my

the light

shouted between ripples of thunder.

more than a few minutes’ head start on the guards. I followed Damian up a flight of stairs and through another door, back out into the pouring rain. By the time

and should’ve been difficult for anyone to scale,

net ladder. Damian went first, easily climbed the twenty-foot wall,

and began to pull myself up as well. When I was near

could reach the top of the wall. The rain continued to pummel me as I sucked in air, so glad to

Rosalie,” Damian said

lungs were still burning, and we weren’t anywhere near done

as he neared the ground, and

fell from his

was so dark, and the rain was coming down in torrents, but as the lightning

his feet appeared to

A sharp one.

instinct telling me it was better if he didn’t know that I had

couldn’t say, but it made a

started crying for help, we would be surrounded by royal guards within seconds. There would be too much evidence pointing to Madalynn, and the

were far

I realized I made a perfect target sitting on top of the wall, especially with the lightning

need a knife if we were planning on running through the woods. I grabbed hold of the rope ladder and