Chapter 61

“Stop!” Ru shouted, clambering to her feet, despite the pain in her shoulder and a new, sharp ache in her ankle. “I told you, I don’t wish to go with you! And I know I have to choose!”

“Who told you that?” he asked, folding his arms and laughing. “Cutter? He’s an imbecile. I will take you, Rune. I have to. You’re the only one who can do what needs to be done.”

“No!” she screamed again. “I won’t go with you! I won’t do what you want me to do!”

“Rune, think of your father! He’s locked away in constant torture. You’re the only person who can set him free.”

She began to shake her head, trying to keep thoughts of what Larkin must be going through out of her head.

“Your mother has been in hiding for over twenty years because of what those people,” he pointed over his shoulder, “threatened to do to her!”