14
HUDSON
Her fear was sharp and sudden, and it churned through me like acid, so painful it had me clutching at my chest and struggling for breath.
An icy chill gripped my whole body, shaking me like a rag doll. I was a hundred feet off the ground, yet I felt like I was drowning.
I pushed myself harder, faster, soaring right for Vanderham’s Wall. There were no starshowers keeping the guards hidden in the towers tonight, and they were more than happy to use me for target practice.
Fortunately, they weren’t as fast or determined as a gargoyle on a mission to protect his charge, and once I was over the wall and on the ground, it wasn’t long before I lost them in the dank allies of Amaranth City.
Fast as I could on foot, I made my way to that f*****g castle, the bond an urgent, incessant
