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A blood-curdling scream from above stopped Silas dead He made for the nearest door but stopped himself as he held the handle He couldn’t risk it One e to do with Mara The burning hole inside Silas had simmered down to an ache The boy was close

He edged forward The noises from above came louder as he stood at the botto on happened on the very next level He removed his blade, held it at his hip, and moved up

Silence ca sound At any uard and end up with a sword through him Or a few ? He shook away the doubt Mara, he needs my help

Silas blinked at the ceiling, mouth open He’d been hit hard and slid backwards down the stone stairs He looked to see his own blade buried up to the hilt in his side The pain ca at the handle sent shocks of horrendous pain from head to toe “Fuck” His vision went blurry, and he wanted to puke

A srabbed his shirt at the shoulder He shouted in pain as he was dragged backwards along the floor He grabbed at the hand, trying to peel away the fingers The knife handle in his side caught the door frah An intense wave of pain washed over hi his vision black

Mara blurred into vision, crouched next to hie red velvet clothes peppered with blood

Silas coughed, a sharp pain flashing up his side “Is it really you?”

Mara frowned “Yes”

“I came to save you”

“You shouldn’t have come”

“But you were captured”

“And now I am free”

Silas groaned

Mara clapped a hand over Silas’s mouth “Be quiet They’ll kill you if they find you”

Silas looked in Mara’s grey, emotionless eyes “What did they do to you?”