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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."

I said, still shaken,

"I knew I'd make

reason this passage was restricted, but as I scanned the area, I couldn't figure out why.

see any flesh-eaters here-makes me think the whole thing was just a lie,"

tells me

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

like

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

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

He mumbled more to himself than

are you

"Yeah-"

me that. I know something's

intention wasn't for any of them to die." He paused, then turned to me. "But at least I used my ability

saw the creature walking toward us. I

it

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moved toward the creature,

remembered the Empress's

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

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