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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."

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

he murmured. "I knew I'd make

reason this passage was restricted, but as I scanned the area, I

the whole thing was

careful. Something tells me it's

Not a single rodent, no animals in sight, not

like

for the next hour, and I couldn't help but wonder what was on his mind. Sometimes, I wished I could

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

that right." He

you alright?"

"Yeah-"

I know something's on

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

when I saw the creature walking toward us. I drew my gun and fired, hitti square in the

it

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moved toward the

the

on flesh. They don't think, feel, or see. They smell-they detect life by scent, and they

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