#Chapter 60 - Escape

Caspian

Chase and I are on the outskirts of Sangville when we sense we’re being followed.

After killing mordred, a cold sort of determination took over me, an emotionless drive to finish the job no matter the cost. I knew if I let myself think about Viviane – about what might be happening to her this very moment – I would lose my ability to think about our situation objectively. Despite the fact that this was the most personal thing in the world to me, if I let my emotions rein as we planned our strategy, we would lose – and badly.

So we arrived here and bega

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