Keiran I mount her on my back and just run into the forest. She is bleeding, and barely breathing. My breathing seems to dim with her, too but I just run. Sam is limping behind us trying to catch up. ' Your Highness,' He pants. But I don't hear him. My heart is roaring in my ears. I can't lose her again, I think helplessly. I have got to save her. I run blindly to get us to someone who can take the bullet out, but the forest seems to extend into infinity. I have been shot too but the royals are fed a little wolfsbane from birth, so that it is ineffective for us, and the usual bullets do nothing to slow us down. 'YOUR HIGHNESS, STOP!' Matt suddenly yells as he slumps to the ground, breathing loudly. 'We ..... have... been... running.... in circles... for... about...' He can't

