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Valek

The ht hour, the gates locked shut froly aware of the castle guards as Francis and I swept through the center of thethere, though strangely, these mortals didn&039;t azes facing forward Do they not see us, I thought in Francis&039; direction I didn&039;t want to speak for fear it ht attract more attention to us

They do I heard his mind respond to ic and of our existence They know they inadvertently guard Abeliht, though not at Francis in particular Curious, I focused in on one of the guards I could see now, even fro I could hear in his mind the shock and the desperate want to look at uard staff, that I could tell This was his first sighting of a nightwalker The word rang frohtwalker? He made them sound like a professional escort

The platoon officer barked an order, and in co before the various castle entrances turned on their black, polished heels and retreated to souards for echoed off the massive cathedral buttresses of the ancient St Vitus, which stood ominously in the center of the open, castle square Depictions of Jesus and his disciples were etched with the ray cathedral face My gaze flicked intently over the thousands of i the walls and doors I triedthe visual memory in my mind The busier I kept ine her face The way she looked at me before-

"How do you suppose hu Francis the question so my mind wouldn&039;t spiral any further to that painful h, I wondered if her eyes had opened yet

"Whatever do you mean?" Francis&039; tone was incredulous and bored

"It is so intricate St Vitus is I&039;ers constructed this The job just see at the gloriousness of it

Francis cast me a quick look and walked forward a few more steps "Please, Valek Do you actually believe humans did this?"

"Didn&039;t they?"

Francis snorted

We continued to the entrance of the St Vitus Cathedral The doors looked bolted shut I was curious because this didn&039;t seehtly if we&039;d taken a detour-if Francis needed so soainst the ornate façade of the double door

The zillions of colors frolass ashed the lorious pools of lavender, cobalt, scarlet, and e hall where several ht

"Francis, I&039;m afraid I do not understand Why are we here?" I asked,tio in my distant past The past that included my wife and all of my human experiences and ht, and quickly I blinked it away, but not before seeing Nikolai glare atAiden said-it was all ie I shuddered and pushed the thought back again

"We&039;ve arrived at the gates of Abeli eyelashes at h I had no idea where Milo had escaped to He was quiet and seemed pretty safe The last I saw of hie up to the entrance of the Prague Castle and dropped us off Perhaps there was soe city? I looked around the cathedral hall questioningly until Francis continued

"The city lies underground, Valek," Francis said exasperatedly as if I were ue-the very foundation Prague now sits atop of" Francis waved his hand vaguely in the direction of the marble tomb that was constructed dead center from the others "The entrance is there The toot quite a walk ahead of us," he sighed, "so let us begin"

I didn&039;t htly, holdingbelow to the bowels of the city It was her It was knowing she aking up soe in the forest, I longed to be at her side, whether she wantedthe apprehension in ic, and watched over by creatures of the night" Abruptly, he pulled atme of the deep line of fate chiseled across my palm "Do not worry, dear friend Your paths will certainly cross again"

I relaxed a little Perhaps he was right

"Whether she&039;s friend or foe when that happens, I don&039;t know But we&039;ll be ready for anything, won&039;t we?"

I frowned at that Was he right? Could Charlotte possibly hate ht Finally acquiescing, I followed e-down the hall and imminently, down into the depths of the Dark City I would watch her fro that she would eventually co for et her