Blaze's POVOwen and I hit the tunnels running, six alliance warriors fanning out behind us, our boots slamming against ancient stone floors that hadn't felt this much movement in probably a hundred years. The fleeing Council members had a decent head start, but they were politicians, not soldiers. They knew these passages from maps and meetings, not from fighting through them the way we had been doing all day."They're splitting up," Owen called out from ahead, slowing near a junction where the tunnel divided into three separate paths. Fresh boot prints scattered in every direction, some heading left, some right, a smaller set disappearing down a narrow passage straight ahead.Smart move. Splitting up made it harder to catch everyone at once. But it also meant each group was weaker and more scared than they would have been together."Owen, take two men left," I ordered without slowing down. "I'll take the right. Send the rest straight ahead and block whatever exit they're running tow
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