Chapter Six The EscapeOnly the soft pad of quiet steps could be heard as they ran through the streets. Then the rain began to fall and they sloshed, slipped, and skidded on the stone pathways as they moved through the city. When they heard voices they stopped, leaning against the walls in the shadows so they wouldn’t be seen by the castle soldiers.
Impelo looked around the corner. The street was now empty.
Ignis stepped in close to him. ‘It’s clear. Let’s move.’
Ignis and Impelo strode to the middle of the street, looking in every direction, and then together lifted an iron grid covering a drainage hole and pushed it aside. Impelo slipped down first. Mai, Long, Akra, and Kalin descended next. The rest of the men followed and the grid was slid back into place.
A pungent stench wafted ar
