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"Throwing a te ht now before I se, panting froe to melt into helpless frustration "I don’t knohat to do," I said

"Just think about it instead of acting like a child," she said

"Myto die if I don’t catch hi like a ht?"

I looked down "No"

"Exactly" She huffed a breath "Just think about it for ato kill you"

I nodded "A lot"

"He went to extreers "There’s only one way out of the Grotto"

I sucked in a breath "The way station"

"Let’s go" Elyssa ran to one of the carts, and pulled a carpet froround

I hopped on behind her The carpet levitated above the crowd of Te streets, over the heads of people going about their daily lives, unaware of thenot far from them We reached the doors to the way station and diseround and hurried through the doors after Elyssa

A line of travelers stretched fro Obsidian Arch in the center of the cavern We ran down the line, exa faces Kassus wasn’t there

"The control roo Elyssa to follow We ran to the left of the arch toward the stables The scent of dung, hay, and ani heavy in the air We circled behind to the alley between the stable and the cave wall I ranthe stone until it touched the door, hidden behind illusion I opened it and peered inside

Two arch operators with disgruntled looks stood on the platfor the wall, ani brotherhood ed over to the two men "Has Maulin Kassus been here?" I asked without preamble

"Hey, aren’t you the kid as in here the other day?" asked a faht to stay calitive, and we’re here to arrest hi him her no-nonsense look The blood spattered on her face froulped "Yes, he was just here He ran back to the arches over there" He pointed to the alcove of omniarches "We’ve never used those I don’t even kno they work"

"He used one?" I asked

"Yes, soed "Where he went, I have no idea"

"Show me the exact one"

The man led us to the closest one If Kassus had opened a portal, he hadn’t left it open behind him I cursed under my breath

"Thanks," I said, barely able to er roiled in my stomach

Elyssa and I left the control room, and stood in the alley

"How does Kassus know about the omniarches if the arch operators were clueless?" I asked

"I don’t know" She pursed her lips "Unless the spy rats--"

"Oh, crap," I said "I’ll bet one of those little bastards saw us using our arch"

"If he kno to use one, he can go anywhere He probably took it to another control rooht furiously If I was on the run, where would I go? "Darkwater has been clearing cherubs from relics with Alabaster Arches," I said "If he didn’t want to be seen by anyone, he would probably go to one that’s eer so far as he knows and also has so he wants," Elyssa said "The cupids"