52
Kerina
Without warning, the door flings open. An Agent stands before the two of us.
‘Kerina, let’s go.’
‘Who are you?’
‘Hurry, we have only minutes. Rudolph sent me.’
I don’t need to be told twice. ‘Let’s go, Lariel.’
‘Are you sure about her?’ he asks.
I glare at him. ‘If I’m leaving, then so is she.’
Lariel scrambles to stand. ‘You won’t regret this, Kerina, I promise.’
‘Move it! We haven’t got long,’ says the Agent.
I push against the Agent. ‘If you double-cross us, I will kill you the first chance I get.’
The Agent salutes me. ‘Understood.’
We follow him as he leads us down a hallway. It is the opposite way to the direction I went before. The Agent used Rudolph’s name so I should trust him. But can I trust Rudolph?
‘It’s not far,’ says the Agent. ‘There is a back entran
