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“Run!” the demon screamed at me, pulling my arm and throwing me at the door.

“Come with me!” I yelled back.

We were maybe five feet from the door. We could make a run for it. No way the dragon could fit in there. We just had to run our asses off.

“It’s too late, girl.” He pushed me. “Get out. Save Hell.”

That was all he said before running in the other direction, waving his sword in the air and grabbing the dragon’s attention.

The cave shook with his roar as the dragon stood, each foot stomping firmly on the ground. Aridam waspissed.

I couldn’t move at first, my eyes following the stranger who was willingly sacrificing himself for me—to save me.

“RUN!” he yelled again.

The dragon’s tail whipped around, swiping across the wall and knocking stones to the floor as he looked at the demonthreatening him with a sword. He roared again, making the cave shake.

Once the ground quieted, it was like the calm before the storm. Everything was still. Everything was silent.

“FUCKING RUN!”

The dragon’s head reared back, his mouth opening wide. My body filled with the most stomach-dropping fear I’d ever felt in my life. The energy I’d felt in the other room filled my body again, and I knew exactly how to use it this time.

I turned and ran like hell for the hallway, the treasure in my backpack clinking around and weighing me down, nearly overshooting it as I slid on my feet. I scrambled past the threshold, pumping my arms and legs as fast as I possibly could. The hallway wasn’t as dark with the help of the twins’ essences flowing through me.

No matter how far away I got, though, I couldn’t escape the screams of the demon burning alive.

I allowed myself a single look back, only to see the hall glowing in various hues of orange and yellow.

Aridam’s fire had reached the halls.

I pushed even harder, running with all my might. The air around me began to heat up. My chest was getting tighter as it struggled to pull in the fresh air I needed, my legs hurting from the full-on sprint they’d been subjected to. My back was sore from the coins and jewels bashing against it, and my body was tired from its weight.

The air burned my lungs and seared my skin, flames licking at my heels.

Just as I was about to be overtaken by the fire, I spotted the door leading outside. The guard had left it open!

I could see the outline of the guard figure standing in the doorway. I began screaming hysterically, hoping to catch his attention and warn him of the danger headed his way.

“You’ve got to move!” I screeched.

I could see him now, but he wasn’t moving.Why the fuck wasn’t he moving?

“MOVE!” I yelled as I got closer.

The flames appeared on both sides of me, overtaking my space, and while I was hot, I wasn’t burning. The guard’s eyes widened, fear freezing him in place.

I dove out the door past him, and the flames followed, overtaking the guard in its fiery clutches. He screamed as his skin burned and shriveled, writhing on the ground, suffering an awful death.

My body began to sway. I looked around, but it was impossible to focus on anything. I was seeing doubles—triples of everything.

Movement caught my eye. Nicholas. Darkness surrounded his face before covering it altogether.

“Lilly!” I heard from somewhere far away.

Chapter 33

Aiden

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