Chapter 11
Gregor really was as good as Clovis made him sound. He smuggled us out of the city without any issue. Akta and I had to lay under a pile of greasy hay while he moved his cart slowly through the town, but soon enough we were through the city gates and into the countryside.
“It’s safe now!” Gregor poked at the pile of hay.
I popped my head up and turned back toward the city, expecting to see it in the distance, but what I saw was nothing but the familiar walls of bodies on either side of me. I instinctively pulled the satchel with Charlie’s book close to my body to protect it.
“Which exit did we leave from?” Akta asked, crawling into the front of the cart beside Gregor.
Gregor snapped the reins and the two unicorns whinnied as they sped to a gallop. “North gate. Centaur there
