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I turned to look at hiain

“There’s not enough ic in the world to ever make me desire you”

At nightfall, we reached the base of the mountains

I knew there were mountains to the west of the Capital, so thatraphy wasn’t es between the major settlements, and Mastodon knew exactly where those were located because he expertly avoided them

I had no idea where ere going or why he’d keptif he just intended to kill me, but I had to keep those curiosities to myself because I couldn’t ask for those answers

We entered a cavern, and once the darkness blanketed our sight, the torches were lit Weslowly rising higher and higher toward the sky

I’d never been underground before, and the deeper we ventured, the an to pound In the forest, I had always had the option of running if I wanted to, but down here…there was nowhere to go “Where are we going?”

“Entitled, isn’t she?” One of the five cah as the oil beaded down the wood and onto his glove He looked ht-blue eyes

My attention had been on Mastodon this entire time since he was the leader and the others were followers But now that I had a good look at one of them, I realized exactly who he was “He’s your brother, isn’t he?”

“Stop asking questions like you’re entitled to answers, Princess”

“I’m not a princess—”

“Really? You sure act like it” He stepped away and carried the torch with him

When I looked ahead, I felt his stare, his cold stare “You need to re to you and your brother—”

“Shut up” He didn’t raise his voice, but his tone stunned me into silence

I pressed e trapped in my chest

Mastodonme behind for the first time

I looked behind ht at the end of the tunnel

“Go for it”

I turned back around, seeing that Mastodon was stillahead

“Just givereason”