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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.”

and looked at me, slowing

and I wanted to

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

thankful to him, perhaps he’d see how much I wanted to live-how much I

you, Damian,” I

didn’t say anything, only kept

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

assured of a life with a mother that will love him or her no matter what, but I will also have

just thinking about it. I might’ve been intending to

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

again before he said, “I promise to keep you safe, Rosalie, and

I said quietly, brushing my wet hair back from

the light

ripples of thunder. “We’re almost to the

up a flight of stairs and through another door, back out into the

for anyone to scale, but he pulled something out of his backpack and tossed it up and over the top

a cargo net ladder. Damian went first,

it and began to pull myself up as well. When I was near the top, Damian reached down. “Give me your hand,

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

job, Rosalie,” Damian said

we weren’t anywhere near done

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

from his

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

feet appeared

A sharp one.

turned my head away as Damian looked up at me, instinct telling me it was better if

but it made

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

once we were far enough

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

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