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Chapter Twe hundred and Theis
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty
The moment he let go of the wheel, the gate began to drop fast. He didn't hesitate. I barely had time to react before he bolted toward it. He dived through just as the gate slammed shut behind him.
"Alexander!" I screamed, panic rising in my throat. He was out-he'd made it. But my heart was still pounding like he hadn't.
He had a smile on his face; he saw that as 'fun'.
"You do this after giving me the little talk on 'trust'?"
"I got through, didn't I?"
"If you'd hesitated for even a quarter of a second, that thing would've split you in two."
"But it didn't now, did it?"
"I hate you.
"And I love you."
still shaken, "but you almost gave
"I knew I'd
look around. We hadn't given our new location a single glance. There was a reason this passage was restricted, but as I scanned the area, I
don't see any flesh-eaters here-makes me think the whole thing was just
Something tells me
was quiet. Too quiet. Not a
felt like
wonder what was on his mind. Sometimes, I wished I
looked at me, momentarily stunned. “I don't like her in my
I got that right." He mumbled more
are you
"Yeah-"
that. I know something's
control, and then he ended up killing his fellow soldiers. Their deaths are on me. My intention wasn't for any of them to die." He paused, then turned
the creature walking toward us. I drew my gun and fired, hitti square
it
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toward the creature,
remembered the Empress's
feel, or see. They smell-they detect life by scent, and they feed on
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