Chapter FiveI ran faster than I had ever run before. Clinging hold of Booth’s arm, I was determined not to let go, scared I might lose him if I did.
Even though the rain was pelting down on us now, springing back up off the ground with the force of the downpour, I could hear footsteps hounding on our heels.
Keep up. I willed myself, don’t fall over again.
We dodged through the large headstones, skipping over fallen, long-forgotten gravestones as though they were hurdles on a track. Booth kept me steady as we darted around one of the mausoleums and then dragged me sideways, pulling me into a hole in the wall that had fallen away.
We crammed ourselves into the small space, dangerously close to each other even as Celestria’s men hurried past. They were juggling pocket-sized torches as the
