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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

met his eyes, and I wanted

if this was all a ruse, and Madalynn was just trying

and thankful to him, perhaps he’d see how much

Damian,”

anything, only kept

continue to reach out for him, to plead my case for my life

be assured of a life

filled my eyes just thinking about it. I might’ve been intending to persuade him

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

turned to look at me for a moment again before he said, “I promise

you,” I said quietly, brushing my

before the light from the

of thunder. “We’re almost to

guards. I followed Damian up a flight of stairs and through another door, back out into the pouring rain. By the time the wall came

stone and should’ve been difficult for anyone to scale, but

was a cargo net ladder. Damian went first,

as well. When I was near the top, Damian reached down. “Give me your

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

Rosalie,” Damian said behind

lungs were still burning, and we weren’t anywhere

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

from

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

his feet appeared

A sharp one.

me, instinct telling me it was better

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

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

once we were far enough away from the

made a perfect target sitting on top

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