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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."

love you too," I said, still shaken, "but you almost gave me a heart

"I knew I'd make

new location a single glance. There was a reason this passage was restricted, but as I scanned

don't see any flesh-eaters here-makes me think the

tells me it's

a single rodent, no animals in sight, not even birds. Just

felt like

Sometimes, I wished I could look into his thoughts, even if it would

the silence. "Thank you," I said aloud, and Alexander looked at me, momentarily stunned. “I don't like her in my head, and somehow,

that right." He mumbled more

are you alright?"

"Yeah-"

I know something's on

got out of 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 to me. "But at least I used my ability to help you, so it wasn't all

toward us. I drew my gun and fired, hitti square in

it

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the creature, studying

remembered the Empress's

no eyes. While vampires feed on blood, they feed on flesh. They don't think, feel, or see. They smell-they detect life by scent, and they feed on anything with a heartbeat. Their sole purpose is

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