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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."

said, still shaken,

he murmured. "I knew

in each other to even 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 couldn't figure out why. Tall grasses covered the land,

the whole thing was just

Something tells me it's

was right. This place was quiet. Too quiet. Not a single rodent, no animals

like a

and I couldn't help but wonder what was on his mind. Sometimes, I wished I

I broke the silence. "Thank you," I said aloud, and Alexander looked at me, momentarily

right." He mumbled more to

are you

"Yeah-"

give me that. I

with the soldier. It got out of control, and then he ended up killing his fellow soldiers. Their deaths are on me. My intention wasn't for

saw the creature walking toward us. I drew

it

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toward the

the

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