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I can do this I just need to take it slowly…

I placed the second foot on the ground and found enough confidence to let go of the door co around, I turneddown the side of the mountain, I was so taken by the sheer beauty of the frozen landscape, I lost concentration and slipped Just as I was about to make contact with the ice, Caleb’s ar my fall

His face inches froainst ht

Okay, these slippers weren’t designed for the Antarctic

"So that witch," I said, clearing h his, "Annora Shelike this just to make it more difficult for the humans to escape?"

"That’s the main reason"

"And you have to put up with this weather all year round What an asshole"

Caleb didn’t respond to h I could have sworn I saw the shadow of a smile on his lips

I gripped onto hian to make our way down the narrow steps

"So, what’s your name?" I asked

"You know my name"

"Your full naic Greek hero Achilles?"

I was about to say "as in the Brad Pitt Achilles" But I wasn’t sure if he would have seen that movie I wasn’t sure if he even watched movies

"It’s also a Ger about what his boundaries were in terms of questions he would answer I suppose there’s only one way to find out

"Do you have family?"

He shook his head, his eyes fixed on the icy steps

"How old are you?"

"Nineteen"

"And how long ago were you turned?"

"A while ago"

H around this gloomy old castle?"

"You could put it like that"