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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.”

at me, slowing his pace

his eyes, and I wanted to

and Madalynn was just trying to

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

Damian,” I

anything,

out for him, to plead my case for my life and

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

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

And I hope that, one day,

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

said quietly, brushing my wet

few more minutes before the light

Damian shouted between ripples of thunder. “We’re almost

followed Damian up a flight of stairs and through another door, back out into the pouring rain. By the time the wall came into view, my lungs were

before me. It was made of uneven stone and should’ve been difficult for anyone to scale, but he pulled something out

went first, easily climbed

When I was near the

reached up and took hold of his wrist, and he yanked me up so that I could reach the top of the wall. The rain continued to pummel me as I sucked in air, so glad to be this close to

job, Rosalie,” Damian said behind

still burning, and we weren’t anywhere near

watched him as he neared the ground, and his hands slipped about halfway down. His feet

fell from his

couldn’t quite make out what it was because it was so dark, and the rain was coming down in torrents, but as the lightning lit up the sky behind him,

object at his feet

A sharp one.

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

but it made a cold chill pass

long as we were inside of the capital walls. If I started crying for help, we would be surrounded by royal guards within seconds. There would be too much evidence pointing

we were far enough away

shouted, and I realized I made a perfect target sitting on top

my mind for the moment-after all, it made sense that he might need a knife if we were planning on running through