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I went at a full sprint back toward the wall Those who had survived began shouting for help, but Herbert remained watchful and fired off arrows at anyone who took notice ofpaid to the destruction of the wall than the cause of it If I kept h the crowd

I climbed the ladder of an abandoned watchtower until I could see Mott and Iuard their prisoners, or perhaps to protect one another There were ht, and far too many people who could hurt ain and took shelter behind a building to consider lance inside the nearestrevealed it was full of weapons, in unpowder next to the building and then ran as if my life depended on it Mostly because, well, it did Just as had happened before, I wasn’t nearly far enough away before a fla exploded This tiot a nasty scrape on one arm, not to mention a chunk of rock nearly landed on me If both Evendell and I survived this, ould have to discuss his tieneral chaos had erupted in the ca ordered to the places I’d already destroyed, but several others were running as far froet The confusion helped et at the soldiers around Mott and Iunpoent to another nearby supply building, this one full of food and blankets I left the entire bag beside it, and then gave a signal to Evendell This time, he allowed me more distance before he lit the explosive When it blew, I heard orders for all available soldiers to surround the camp and prepare for an invasion

I rather liked that My invasion had already happened, and the thing I wanted most was for them to clear out the center and move to the flanks of their camp

A hand tapped my shoulder and I turned to see Herbert next to me All I had asked of him was to stay in a safe position where he could pick off anyone who prevented one beyond that and followed me inside I nodded at him in thanks for his loyalty and en had not been entirely abandoned One young soldier stood behind Mott’s chair with a crude sword pressed against his prisoner’s chest, waiting for whatever terror he expected to coen Thesoldiers had been ordered away

I quietly instructed Herbert to position hien while I prepared to sneak up behind Mott Our ti would have to be perfect, and Herbert would have to be fast because he had two targets

The instant I crept fro one of I watch over Mott With ht hand steadied his arainst Mott’s chest The boy stiffened, and without a word I pulled that arain, Herbert had downed the second soldier beside Ien were free

The boy behind Mott released his sword into my hand carefully and squeaked, "Please don’t kill o, when the orphan Lataed me for the very same favor I had never intended any harm toward Latamer, and not toward this boy either

With my knife still at the boy’s neck, I told him that if he tried any tricks, an arroas already nocked with his nareed to cooperate and I ordered him to untie Mott

While he worked, Mott said, "I’m sorry, Jaron The trap was for me"

"We were both tricked"

"I kneas you when I heard those explosions"