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The water splashed onto the cave floor as she rinsed off the dried blood Kahli&039;s teeth chattered as she asked, "Where are we going?"

"To the nearest safe house" His back was to her, but he could feel her still and stare at him

"Why?"

"They need to be desperate before we bring you back If they think they can find you on their own, my plan won&039;t work"

Kahli&039;s voice hitched, "Bring o back The King will finish ripping my throat out - "

"After he does the same toin the bowl nearly ht?"

"Yes" She sounded agitated

"Don&039;t bother lying to ?" He stared at the wall as he said it A moment later he felt Kahli&039;s hand on his shoulder He turned slowly, not knohat to anticipate He still expected a fist in his stomach when she touched hi the microfoil blanket to her chest It rapped around her waist, but didn&039;t cover s Kahli shivered and pointed to her neck, her fingers trailing the pale white line until it turned red and ran down her back "This was a lot worse than I thought" He nodded slowly, his eyes locked on hers Will wanted to wrap his arms around her, but he didn&039;t ht and I can&039;t see it What&039;s wrong with it?"

Her fingers traced the King&039;s wound It circled her neck and trailed over her shoulder and down her back, stopping right above her shoulder blade Will looked at it closer when she turned He examined the wound when she was injured and was surprised by how deep it was She was lucky to be alive

Will pushed her hair away and looked closer "Nothing It&039;s just rime and dried blood Hand ave it to him Will dabbed the hot water on the wound Kahli flinched when he did it "Does that hurt?" he asked, surprised

"No," she gritted her teeth, her voice suddenly sarcastic, "it tickles"

"Really?" Will asked glancing at her

She laughed and looked over her shoulder at hiI say, Will Tatum? Or does ave him made his cheeks burn

"Both, actually, bare skin and a general lack of brains pretty &039;s not right This shouldn&039;t hurt at all anymore" He sain He"Try to hold still"

"Easy for you to say," she laughed Before she knehat happened, Will opened his shirt and wrapped his arainst his naked chest The runes flahter died on her lips and Kahli stiffened in his arht in his throat, as his heart pounded harder Khali&039;s scent filled his head "My runes are forged from fire and blood They burn under your touch I can warm you whenever you need it" Kahli seeed to nod her head "I&039;o and look at your back now" Will did as he said, running the pads of his fingers over the wound It didn&039;t heal properly, but he didn&039;t knohy As his fingers pressed it, Kahli winced "I&039; his hand fro?" she asked after a moment

"I&039;m not sure," he admitted "It doesn&039;t look like a vae about it"

"Can you try to fix it?" she asked, looking back at hiaze to her back

He pressed the hot water on the spot and washed away the remains of the blood Kahli&039;s pale flesh was ash It was almost as if Will went still when he realized what it was He stared in disbelief How did he rabbed a knife Moving swiftly, Will thrust the blade over the fla hio

This screwed them Completely

"What is it?" Kahli asked She sensed his desperation She watched the knife being heated by the flames and kneas for her, to remove whatever was under her skin

"It looks like a Tracking chip, but I can&039;t be sure until it&039;s out If it&039;s a chip, we&039;re in trouble We need to get it out and get out of here Now I sterilized the blade I&039;ll re, Will was telling her that he&039;d need to heal her Kahli&039;s stomach felt like she was in a free fall She nodded and turned away froritted her teeth, as her body tensed, waiting for the burning knife to touch her back

Will&039;s knife bit into her skin Kahli&039;s body reid, her hands balled into fists, as she clenched her teeth Kahli sed the screa from her eyes She felt the tiny shard come free and before Will tossed it in the fire, she said, "No Save it"

"Kahli, we don&039;t have tiave hi it was leading the palace guard, and possibly the King, directly toward the, he cut the pal his hand, he allowed the blood to pool in the center He held it out to Kahli, "Drink it"

Fear flashed in her eyes, but she did as he said Her pink lips were stained crimson as she sed a mouthful of his blood Then Will turned her quickly and exaer bleeding Relieved, Will kissed her on the forehead before realizing what he&039;d done

Kahli blinked up at hi down at her, he wished they had et another chance, but if they didn&039;t leave now, they&039;d die

"The chip?" he asked, wondering what she wanted to do with it That chip tracked pulse and location, linking back to an archaic GPS system from before the flood It was an effective way to keep tabs on huht risk

Kahli&039;s lips pulled into a grin "The chip will be taking a ride on the wolf express, away from us"

Will couldn&039;t help but s and crazy - but those qualities, as conflicted as they seemed, only made him like her more