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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, slowing

met his eyes, and I wanted to believe

ruse, and Madalynn was just trying to get rid of me-and

Damian 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

Damian,”

anything, only kept

felt compelled to continue to reach out for him, to

hope I never expected to have. Not only will my baby be assured of a life with

might’ve been intending to persuade

kind, brave soul, Damian. And I hope that, one day, I can repay your

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

brushing my wet hair back from my

the light from the flashlight

between ripples of thunder. “We’re almost to

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 the wall

scale,

went first, easily climbed

pull myself up as well. When I was near the top, Damian reached down. “Give me your hand, Rosalie!” he insisted. “I’ve got

so that I could reach the top of the wall. The

said

and we weren’t anywhere near done

and flipped it down over the other side. I watched him as he neared the ground, and his hands slipped about halfway down.

fell from his

down in torrents, but as the lightning lit up the sky behind him,

feet

A sharp one.

as Damian looked up at me, instinct telling me it was better

I couldn’t say, but it made a cold chill pass down my

of the capital walls. If I started crying for help, we would be surrounded by

were far enough away from

come on!” Damian shouted, and I realized I made a perfect target sitting on top of the wall, especially with the lightning illuminating my

that he might need a knife if we were planning on running through the woods.