There were no more voices now. The Warriors were silent and hunting. Either they had gone in a different direction or they realized what they were hunting was not a lost man. Inside the shadows of the cave I silently prayed not to be found.

My heartbeat sounded loudly in my ears and I wished it would be quiet. The men were close, I knew that much. I needed to be alert and Listen for them.

Suddenly figures passed in front of the flames of my campfire. I put a hand over my mouth to stop the scream. They would scour the area now. Why had I not thought to put out the damn fire?

Figures moved silently in the dark and I watched them. I couldn’t tell who it was, the moons weren’t up high enough to provide much Light yet.

I waited expectantly, but heard nothing, then without warning someone leapt to the ledge of the cave and looked inside. In a second I saw my life flash before my eyes. I did what my Damien would have done. I rushed him.

We tumbled down the slope and I used the attacker’s body to break my fall. I tried to run but a body was before me, standing in shadows. I stumbled back and my hand grabbed at a pile of rocks and dirt. The man came toward me and I flung the particulates in his face.

I’d never win a fight with a man. Bolting away, I tried to get to a new hiding spot, but was stopped when I was tackled from the side. Lucky for me the body that careened

He rolled me under him and I cursed in every language I had access to. Desperate to survive,

it you said about us?” Bane whispered

that Last word means,

with relief into the rocky

Angela’s Library

up, “hit Bane,

the dark I could see Evan wiping his face and shaking his

shape emerged from the blackness and Bane rolled off

use you as a cushion,” Kein groused stretching his back. “I’ll

Evan I’m so sorry-” I started to say and Bane cut

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