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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."

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

murmured. "I

given our new location a single glance. There was a reason this passage was restricted, but as I scanned the area, I couldn't figure out why. Tall grasses covered the land, stretching on

the whole thing was just

tells me

Too quiet. Not a single rodent, no

like a

wonder what was on his mind. Sometimes, I wished I could look into his thoughts, even if it would be

"Thank you," I said aloud, and Alexander looked at me, momentarily stunned. “I

I got that right." He mumbled more to himself than to

you alright?" I

"Yeah-"

I know something's on

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

something when I saw the creature walking toward us. I drew my gun and

it

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moved toward the creature, studying

the

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

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