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"Oh no, you’re co with me," he snarled

By that time, I had crept to within only a few feet froen didn’t lanced h Thearound with the poker, swiping hard enough tonoise in the air

I ducked to avoid his attack and thrust asped as blood leaked from his wound, then for the first time really looked at me "Prince Jaron?" he whispered

"Perhaps soon," I said as he toppled over

Ihtly that she nearly knocked , so I put my arm around her to try to calm her One hand clawed into my wounded back, which I couldn’t have tolerated if it was anybody but her causing me the pain

Then she darted back fro around, ready with the sword, then lowered it when I saw Mott in the doorway

Mott’s eyes went from the et out of here," he whispered "Now"

I gently set the sword on the floor, then took Ien’s hand and pulled her into the tunnel Before I shut the door behind us, I saw Mott use the dead , he pulled the knife out, then fell on the floor

Several of Veldergrath’s men ran into the rooroup, asked

Mott rolled over Whether he was exaggerating his pain or not, I believed his perforht have startled hi these doors"

One of Veldergrath’s men knelt down to examine Mott’s injury "You’re lucky it wasn’t deeper, or in a e out of the way He was ai for my chest I had to defend myself"

"You must have provoked him!"

Mott shook his head "You saalk in here I had no reason to attack this man Perhaps I should report to your "

"Get rid of that body," the leader said "Veldergrath doesn’t want dae done to Conner’s property One of you clean up this blood"

A fewhim in sheets from Roden’s bed, it took most of the rest of them to haul the body out of the rooed and was soon left alone

He glanced at the crack of the opened passage door I’d been staring through, then nodded at ainst the ith en sat silently beside uely felt her presence, but took no notice of it As it was, all I could do was stare into the darkness and try to keep breathing

Conner said he would let the devils have his soul if itthat when he did, the souls of all the rest of us would go to the devils too