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His brorinkled "You sa easily they took down Cinder and Wolf, and you think we can do so to help them?"

She didn’t She honestly didn’t

But if she didn’t even try …

"Giveout her hand

Thorne stared at her

"Give un from his waistband and shoved it into her palm Scarlet spun away, not sure if he would follow He did

When they turned the first corner she could see the square The citizens who had risen up to attack Cinder and Wolf were all kneeling again, placid, as if the fight hadn’t even happened

Scarlet wondered how long it would take those guards to search the factory She wondered if she was crazy not to turn and run

The gun ar i a weapon had offered a sense of protection, but that co how easily Lunars could turn the weapon against her

Still, if she could get close enough she could get off a shot or two, and this tiet before they detected her? Would the size of the crowd help to hide her, or would she be caught up in the saot too close? She didn’t knoorked or how vulnerable she would be She ishing now that she had asked Cinder more about it when she’d had the chance

They moved stealthily, Thorne silent behind her

She stopped when she could pick out Wolf and Cinder a their enemies They both had their hands bound behind theround

No, she realized with a shudder He was looking at Maha

Fury ignited in her gut They had taken everything from Wolf His freedo, nothing, to deserve it

She wanted to avenge him To take him away from this horrible dust-mottled place To offer hihtened her grip on the gun, feeling the faer

But she was too far away She had a better chance of hitting an ally than an ene, Scarlet scrutinized the narrow alley, esti how many steps she could take and still stay hidden There was a doorway set into the factory wall she could duck into, but being seen wasn’t her biggest concern, not when Lunars could sense her

Letting out a slow breath, she raised the gun and lined up the sights, targeting Aimery’s heart She held her aim for three breaths before she huffed and lowered the weapon again She’d been right before Too far away

Again, she considered ain, she hesitated

Then she noticed a shift in Wolf’s posture His head turned in her direction

It was a subtle change, almost unremarkable He didn’t look at her He didn’tall these people, but Scarlet knew he had There was a tension to his shoulders that hadn’t been therecaught Wolf, watching, as they put a gun to her head Wolf, powerless, as she was handed another hatchet Wolf, whose mother had just been killed in front of hi to stop it

Scarlet’s body shook as the randmother’s death hit her like a haulfed her All the fury and hatred and the certainty thuain that she should have been able to stop it

But she couldn’t have stopped it

Just like Wolf couldn’t have protected Maha Just like he wouldn’t be able to protect her