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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.”

looked at me, slowing his

met his eyes, and I wanted to believe

what if this was all a ruse, and Madalynn was just trying to get rid of me-and

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

Damian,” I

anything,

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

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 now, to spend time

my eyes just thinking about it. I might’ve been intending to persuade him to spare me, but I meant what I was

brave soul, Damian. And I hope that,

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

said quietly, brushing my wet hair back from

the light from the flashlight landed on

ripples of thunder. “We’re

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

been difficult for anyone to scale, but he pulled

a cargo net ladder. Damian went first, easily climbed the twenty-foot wall, then waited for

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

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

said behind me.

lungs were still burning, and we

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

from his

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

object at his feet appeared to be a

A sharp one.

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

had it, I couldn’t say, but it

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

were far enough away from

target sitting on top of the wall, especially

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