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She glared at me in defiance for several

"Turn your back toward me and bend down, so I can climb on"

She turned around slowly and did as I’d ordered Pressing the barrel of the gun directly against her te"

She gripped h an entrance that will least attract attention Once we’re there I will tell you what to do next"

She started walking up the cliff, far too slowly I gripped her neck and dug the gunainst her skin "Faster, Frieda," I whispered

"I feed you every day and this is how you repay h I could practically feel her eyes rolling, she sped up and about a minute later, we had reached the castle She walked past the main oak doors and crept round the narrow path that ran round the side of the castle The path was so narrow and there was no railing stopping a person fro hundreds of feet down the cliffs I shuddered, feeling nauseous as I caught a glimpse of the fall

I breathed out in relief when Frieda stopped beneath an openI gripped hold of her for dear life as she leaped upward She clih theand we both landed in the corner of a thankfully empty hall

"Nohat?" she asked through gritted teeth

Nohat I really wanted was to be taken to ht now until I understood what had happened to theht and imprisoned I lowered my hood so that it covered most of my face "Do you knohere Caleb is?" I whispered

"In his quarters"

"Takecorridors where there are likely to be vaer route if you have to But reain, "I’ you"

I held my breath as she launched forward She cli the corridors I was relieved that there weren’t many people about I’d lost track of what tiher until we reached the staircase I was so fa up to Caleb’s apart as we approached It wasn’t Caleb hi what he had to say The truth From his own lips

My stomach fluttered as Frieda set me down outside his rooun off Frieda while I waited I pressed ainst the door

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