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Chapter Thirty-Four
“Where is she!?”
Matheus hurried down the tunnel of the mine to where Rowan had made her encampment with her Domineer hostage, only now, the two of them were gone. He looked down at the Ravennite he had asked to keep an eye on her. He was still lying unconscious on the ground, and Matheus kicked him in the side to try to wake him. “Get up!”
The Ravennite slowly but steadily came back to his senses. He sat up against the wall of the mine and groaned as he held his head. Matheus was growing impatient. “What happened?” he asked tensely. “Where’s Rowan?”
“Rowan,” the man repeated in a murmur. His head was still aching, but it quickly made him realize what was going when he saw that Rowan was not around. “Rowan!” he exclaimed, his eyes opening
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