I got my shoulder under his arm and pushed. He was heavier than he looked, and his weight came down hard, but he made it to his feet and stayed there, one hand braced against the wall, his jaw tight.
“The east passage,” Sora said, already moving. “It comes out past the treeline. If Vane’s men are watching the main entrance they won’t expect—”
“They’ll be watching everything,” Caden said.
“Then we move fast and we deal with what we find.” She glanced back at us. “Can you keep up?”
Caden didn’t answer. He took one step away from the wall and I felt his full weight shift onto me.
My broken leg buckled but I caught us both against the wall and reset my feet and said nothing about it.
“Yes,” I answered for both of us.
We moved quickly, or as quickly as we could. The corridor was narrow
