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Cinder tripped and they all sturound with a thud Scarlet pulled out fro out of his wounds,rose up all around them Much closer than it had see the ot to her feet and grasped Wolf’s wrists again "There are bandages on the ship Co, "Iko! Open the hatch!"

Scarlet heard the clicking of gears and the hu the welco herself onto her feet, she’d just grabbed Wolf’s ankles when she saw a , lips pulled taut against his fangs He was one of the , a thunk, as a dart buried itself in his forearm He roared and increased his speed for two steps before his anger faded and he fell forward, face slah her teeth, picking up Wolf’s dropped wrists

More howling greeted theures appearing out of the darkness

Scarlet’s back and legs ached and her palrip on Wolf’s ankles "They’re co onto her knees She looked up at Wolf’s unconscious face, at the panicking girl, and frustration welled up inside her She forced herself to stand again, though her legs were no stronger than unbaked dough

Then theher toward the ship "Go!" he yelled, and grabbed Wolf’s ankles

"Thorne! You’re supposed to be flying the ship, you dunce!"

Scarlet turned toward the ship’s open hatch "I can fly! Just get hih herWolf behind Her muscles burned, her head pounded with the rush of blood She could only focus on putting one foot in front of another Ignoring the burning Ignoring the sharp stabbing pain in her side Blinking away the sweat One More Step

So sliced across her back She heard the rip of fabric, a loud thurabbed her ankle She screaernails buried themselves into the flesh of her calf and she cried out in pain

Whistle Thud

The hand released her

Scarlet kicked theup the rest of the ra hull of the ship She flew into the cockpit and stumbled into the pilot’s seat They hadn’t bothered to stop the engines and the ship rumbled and purred around her Her motions were auto of sweat in her eyes Her heartbeat felt like horse’s hooves traers knehat to do as they breezed over the panel

"Captain? Cinder?"

Startled, she spun back toward the door, but there was no one there "Who’s there?"

A momentary silence, then: "Who are you?"

Scarlet swiped the sweat fro to her

"I’et ready for takeoff Can you--"

"Where are Thorne and Cinder?"

"Right behind hts lit up on the panel "Auto lift and auto netic stabilizers"

"Good" She reached for the thruster output control and waited to hear the sound of footsteps on the raulped, harshly, failing in her atte?" Swiveling the chair around, she threw herself toward the cockpit entrance and peered past the cargo bay

Wolf’s prone body was laid out not a dozen steps from the end of the ra back to back

They were surrounded by seven Lunar operatives, and the thaue before she saw hi her to stop running To stand still and be captured

Her right leg obeyed--her left kept going

With a yelp, she crashed to her hands and knees The unconscious man--Wolf?--nearly crushed her before his body rolled away Thorne cried out and tripped, barely able to catch hi

Cinder jumped back to her feet and spun around

The men came out of the shadows, from the alleyways, around corners, fro eyes and sharp canines bared Seven in all

She spotted the thaue, handsome as they alere, with curly black hair and a chiseled face He wore a red coat--a second level thau up, she collided with Thorne

"So…," he e’s dark irises sparkled with e could have heard her, but he smiled serenely and tucked his hands into his ht," said Thorne "In that case"