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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 his pace

his eyes, and I wanted to believe

all a ruse, 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 live-how much I

Damian,” I told

say anything, only kept

compelled to continue to reach out for him, to plead

given me a hope I never expected to have. Not only will my baby be assured of a life with a mother that will love him or

it. I might’ve been intending to persuade

kind, brave soul, Damian. And I hope

again before he

brushing my

ran on for a few more minutes before the light from the flashlight

shouted between ripples of thunder.

up a flight of stairs and through another door, back out into the pouring rain. By the time the

reached the wall before me. It was made of uneven stone and should’ve been difficult for anyone to scale, but he pulled something out of his backpack and tossed it

went first, easily climbed the twenty-foot wall, then

up as well. When I

could reach the top of the wall.

Rosalie,” Damian said behind

lungs were still burning, and we weren’t

he neared the ground,

fell from his

and the rain was coming down in torrents, but as the lightning lit up the sky behind him, the

his feet appeared

A sharp one.

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

say, but it made a cold

started crying for help, we would be surrounded by

we were far

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

mind for the moment-after all, it made sense that he might need a knife