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Chapter 4 Four
heroines stood with wind in their hair while thinking poetic thoug
, the water foaming and smashing against rocks like it was angr
r, branch
cker wa
cl
Her legs trembled in that weak, panicked way she hated. Win
owan ha
re? Into
ound her like a prison. She could not outrun the tracker. She could not f
ind r
, Vic
oots crunching on the dirt. His face
ng hard. "Your father will be ple
voice to stay stea
y flavored nonsense. But it
toward her, sword raised. "D
not my style
d, desperate for anyt
se br
nk at h
ri
ri
f correctly, she might survive long enough to reach the bank. That was a hug
as not sen
k a ste
ould not dare. You would di
he said. "
omething she h
her trun
. The trunk smashed into his chest, knocking him back
t wait to see i
e
hear
eartb
en she
t of her throat before she could stop it. The fall stole her br
e river
o
ol
her down, spinning her like a rag doll. Her arms flailed, fighting
rd as she could,
nce before a wave smacked her face and dragged her un
ed upwar
ers brus
ied on
past along the riverbank. She tried to swim but the current was too stron
cto
from the top of the c
ve blocked her view. She swallowed wat
. She saw rocks ahead and fear sho
o
She hit a smooth rock with her hip and cried out underwater,
d herself
icking toward a fallen tree near the bank. Her fingers reached a branch. Her gr
nging to the wood like it was life itself. Inc
attached. Her head spun. Her lungs
he ma
collapsed on her side, and lay there gulping air li
blu
orld
s crashed thr
though she probably could not lift it pro
ck," she
knelt be
onto her back. She blinked ha
wa
ak
hing
r her, his eyes scanning her face with a mixture
low voice. "I told you to m
again, wincing.
early
I did
have broken
I did
ghtened. "
nly. "Would you rather I
hed, tension leaving his shoulders.
er in years. Certainly not with such raw honesty. It settled
he touch was gentle, surprisingly so for
ed. "Did yo
us for a while. One is unconscious. The o
odded fain
ed her. "Ca
elf up and winced shar
ain. "I will
im. "No need. G
ot walk l
, I am
arly dr
d I am
are
ell me wh
second before Rowan finally leaned
ut a startled
," he said. "We c
o chatter. She tucked her face against his shoulder, partly to hide her exhaustio
forest, she whispered, "Why
ttle. "Because your uncle asked me to.
from what?"
ot answer i
ething that made
ur father has kept
n his shirt tight
met he
not the only o
to speak, but a rus
n st
fted her he
oved behin
a tr
an a
one
shed her behind him, his entire body sh
shes p
steppe
ed in
ing
arrow directly
's breat
ered, "Stay
ulled the st
have brought her
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