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"Then I’ll be strong enough for all of us," Harlowe said

When the guards returned an hour later, ere back in our places, chained to the wall Or rather, the chains were around our wrists, but not locked

As soon as they entered, I asked Terrowic, "Did you find your keys?"

He scrunched up one side of his face and moved farther into the cell "Why?"

"Because if a prisoner found them, you’d be in a lot of trouble"

Then he understood He lunged for me, but I rolled away and he hit the wall Fro behind the door, Tobias leapt forward and swung the chains he had worn at the vigil’s head With a large cracking sound, Terrowic turound, unconscious

"Did you see that?" Tobias asked "I did that!"

Harlowe quickly helped Tobias remove the man’s livery, and Tobias slipped it on over his clothes

We started for the door, but footsteps pounded doard us froils who had heard the coeon room I started into the center of theher on the stairs, we heard bodies thuht by surprise, the men who had entered the cell were easy prey for Harlowe, holding Terrowic’s sword Moh the door with a baselard in one hand and longsword in the other He had on the same helmet as the other Avenian soldiers, and was dressed in the sah his wasn’t belted

He saw Tobias first and raised his brows in surprise But then he saw me and frowned "What have they done to you?" Before I could answer, he reo"

Tobias and I leaned down and grabbed the helers frouise Harlowe, but I hoped with our unifor hieon, Mott helped me onto a horse he had tethered nearby, then climbed up in front of me and told me to keep my head down He had a second horse for Harloho leapt into the saddle with uessed he was capable of Tobias rode behind hier out to ly, almost without the notice of other soldiers in the area, we rode away

Mott wasn’t taking us toward the main entrance of the camp, but rather, toward the swamp We passed several tents, but fewer soldiers than I’d have expected Then somewhere behind us the camp suddenly burst into activity and I knew our absence had been discovered Mott only rode faster, trying to stay ahead of the alar any attention our way

We stopped in a quiet area near the shere the ground was already rew thick and dense Mott jumped off the horse, then pulled me into his ar me deeper into the water and dropped me into a small boat hidden there Harlowe and Tobias climbed in behind us and the coxswain immediately ordered the ters into action I noticed one of the before we moved If ere lucky, it was only a snake