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Kahli&039;s heart ha her feel colder The King was in this tunnel She stalked hi her distance, not sure how to kill hi their tracks in the dust, Kahli rounded a corner It was silent for a moment and then she heard aher press her hands to her ears Looking wildly around, she o The crack caain The tunnel shook, and debris rained down on her head The sound carew quiet

Uncertainty spilled into her veins Kahli looked back the way she came, back to the place where Will lay in the snow She could double back and drag hi would that last? Reggie found them in less than a day Even Will didn&039;t realize how traceable he was Kahli took a deep breath and walked on

She re one foot in front of the other, continuing down the hall, expecting to be attacked at any h her nose, she tried to control her panic Her throat was so tight that she wanted to screa a feolves With the wolves she knehat to expect If she avoided their teeth, she lived With the va to watch out for She didn&039;t even knohat powers the King had or how to avoid the to her death Kahli didn&039;t care She couldn&039;t go back The only way to deal with this was to face thehim would set her free, and then she&039;d destroy the Queen and her idiot brother He should be on the front lawn by now, she thought to herself Kahli doubted the Queen would respond the way he hoped, especially since he arrived with an eht her ear Wildly, she looked for a place to hide, but there was nothing Holding the frozen stake, Kahli inched forith her heart in her throat So, it&039;ll end here, she thought and moved forward

The sound came faster and louder She stood at the junction of two tunnels, both equally dark The dust in the left tunnel was disturbed That was the direction the King had gone Backing into the opposite tunnel, Kahli hid her body in the thick shadows She crouched low to the ground and waited

As the footfalls came closer, her heart raced faster As soon as his head ca on hih to slow him down until she severed his head Kahli breathed slowly, trying to steal her nerves Every inch of her felt alive, vibrating with anticipation Her skin prickled as she waited, bouncing on the balls of her feet It was so dark

Within seconds a dark head appeared in the tunnel and she leapt She could justfro fast, but the man turned suddenly, like he knew she was there The stake scraped the side of his face, leaving an angry red trail of blood down his cheek

The ht Kahli&039;s wrist S it back above her head, he hit her hand into the wall It shredded the top of her glove, and cut the back of her hand Kahli kicked out her knee connecting with his gut The asped and bent in half Kahli&039;s arm ached, but she was still able to hold onto the stake Kahli crouched low The shadows obscured her face She didn&039;t have a chance to look at her attacker It was too dark It wasn&039;t until she rushed hiain, that she saw his face

"Cole?" she gasped, saying his nas

Cole didn&039;t see; his arm was pulled back, ready to connect with her face when he stoppedin the air "Kahli?" he asked, as if she were the last person he expected to see

Kahli nodded and shoved hiave her space and looked behind the here?" he asked, irritated

"Assassinating the royal family," she said casually, like this was a nor hard, she bent over and put her hands on her waist Her hair fell over her shoulders like an orange curtain It was the first tiie Kahli sucked in a deep breath, and asked, "You?"

Cole&039;s chest rose and fell sharply Sweat clung to his brow It looked like he had a long night as well Cole shrugged, like it was nothing, "Soe of the vamp&039;s blood bank - all of theer flashed across his eyes as he thought of Brent, but he pushed the thought away Cole never thought he&039;d be doing this "So, I&039;et the rest of theht It&039;s not like they&039;re the roup" Cole jerked his thumb back the way Kahli had coarden at the South wall," she said quickly, "but there are vao that way" Everyone was looking for her

Cole pressed his lips together tightly and swore After aknows you&039;re following him" He told her because he didn&039;t knohat else to do, what else to say Cole lifted his hand to his face and sled with the sweat and made a scarlet arc on his cheek Cole could still feel the sticky war down his face where Kahli cut hiers away, the tips red with blood, "You could have killed me, you know"

"I seriously doubt it," she , but up until that ht, too Holding up her hand, she said, "You practically torearound her arm like red ribbon Kahli was so tense They both stared at each other for a moment "Is Cassie okay?"

"She is," he replied, still angry, "no thanks to you"

"What does that , for everyone If I don&039;t get theht, they all die" He pointed behind hiht, ready to pop "It ht be too late already They&039;ll be executed if the Queen is killed" Cole&039;s voice dripped with disdain "This is your fault"