| Vladimir | It was so early in the morning when the four of us got out of the castle using the hidden door in the basement so the king and the queen wouldn't find out their children had sneaked out to go and get themselves killed. Or at least they wouldn't find out in time to stop us. Although a part of me wanted them to, so Anastasia would at least be safe, in her home. Yesterday, all we did was try to come up with a decent place and this was what we had finally agreed on. Which was a whole madness if you asked me. But it seemed there wasn't a safe way to get rid of Ethan, no matter how much I wanted to find one. The first two hours on our horseback were spent in an unbearable silence, until we had to part ways with Harry. He looked in the verge of tears as he looked at his mate and

