I doubled over, emptying the contents of my stomach onto the stone floor. ‘Dammit, get me out!”
Perhaps taking pity on me, or perhaps having achieved what she’d se out to do, Lysandra nodded and led nie back the way we’d come. I fumbled with the gun, nearly dropping it in my haste to follow her.
The journey back to the surface passed in a blur of confusion and nausea. My mind refused to reconcile the Kaius I thought I knew with the monster I’d just witnessed.
“They’re bringing in new merchandise tomorrow,” Lysandra said conversationally as we climbed the stairs. That’s why they’re making an example of those two. They tried to escape last month, almost made it beyond the borders.”
I barely heard her, focusing only on putting one foot in front of the other, on not thinking about what I’d seen. By the time we reached the upper level, I was trembling all over, cold sweat beading on my forehead.
There are ways out of here, ways even Kalus doesn’t know about, andra said as we reached my door. I can help you escape these walls, If you can get Frost to take you to the forest, I can meet you there. You have one night to reconsider everything. Whet
dawn breaks, I’ll find my way back to you, and by then…I hope you’ll have made your choice.
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