Chapter 104: Marinah

King is still angry. I don't know how to open the door to let this go. I don't like things this way, and it makes me insecure. It bothers him that I don't obey his orders, and I promise myself I will do my best. I don't want someone to die because of me. I also don't know what I'll do if someone needs saving and it's "dangerous" for the little Shadow Warrior.

I groan silently. I don't like this at all.

We run at a much quicker pace than we took when we came here. It will still take three days to get to the outpost because we don't have an airplane picking us up. We sleep two hours the first night, and we start off again. The last thing I would do is complain. We speak little. I can't stop thinking about Ruth and Missy, and I know Beck is as worried as I am.

Three days is a lifetime when those you love are in danger.

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We enter the northern outpost at midnight. It's eerily quiet, and apprehension grips me. It's too quiet.

"Marinah," Ruth calls and before I know it, her spindly l