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"Wait!" the Red Knight calls

Evading his atterab me, I fly down the stairs and look around wildly for the torches to shohere to go

All of them are lit There's no way to knohich direction is the one that'll lead ht snatches my arm hard and yanks me back to the stairwell "You need listen to this, Naia"

I look up atto tear me apart

"This battle is necessary 'Tis the only e know to stop the curse"

Staring at hiht refused all reasoning," he continues reed to a duel The victor claiht has never been bested in coht," my squire says fro out?" the Red Knight snaps at hiaze is on me

"When I wish you to impart your news, I will direct you to do so"

I can't muster the smile I want to at the abashed squire Genuinely happy to see him alive and well, not shoved under a bench seat in the Red Knight's carriage, I'o," I say hoarsely

"Do you not see?" the Red Knight asks, frowning "When the Shadow Knight wins, he will have conquered all the real will not take his father's place; he understands e are here and I will swear allegiance to any man if it prevents the death of h me, followed by doubt as I recall what he asked ive you what you want"

"You will have a lifetirip He's not letting ht dies in battle with the Desert Knight!"

"How do you know? Have you ic?"

"No But" How to explain I read it in a book before coasp "You know the person who sent me, the one you want to find?"

He nods

"She declared it so before I cae of sorts At the final battle between the Shadow and Desert Knights, the Shadow Knight is ht's chiseled features are hard to read There's concern in his gaze "Hehis enemies"