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That was it.
I raised my hand, but Nathaniel was already moving. He popped into existence and ducked beneath the guard’s sword, his claws slashing out.
A thin line of red appeared, spreading across the guard’s throat.
I blinked. One moment, the guard was alive, and the next, he’d dropped to his knees, clutching at his throat as his blood spurted onto the stone floors.
I took the ring out of my mouth and braced, ready to leap forward and take the older guard.
Nathaniel shot across the corridor, and the guard screamed. I glanced down.
His claws were already buried in the older guard’s gut. I had a pretty good feeling one of them had just punctured the guard’s liver. Above all else, Nathaniel was a protector. The full moon was tomorrow night, and he hadn’t taken kindly to hearing the threats spilling from that guy’s mouth.
I sighed, sheathed my knife, and walked past the guard who’d fallen, already dead. The other guard’s eyes met mine, pleading for mercy.
I just shrugged. “I maybe would’ve helped you before I learned what a scumbag you are.” I glanced at Hellaphine. “Did he hurt you?”
Her face had gone deathly white. I had a feeling we’d gone from saviors to possible threats. Well, it couldn’t be helped.
She nodded, and some of the color returned to her cheeks. Her eyes sparked furiously as she stepped closer to her bars. “He hurt me many, many times,” she spat, sealing the guard’s death sentence.
Good for her.
“Where is the sword?” Nathaniel growled.
The guard whimpered. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Nathaniel twisted his claws. “I’m sure you know all about the golden sword. I’ll give you a quick death if you tell us what we want to know.”
“Armory,” the guard gasped out.
Nathaniel twisted his claws again, and then he removed them, slashing across the guard’s throat.
I dodged out of the way of the spray. Hellaphine looked like she might pass out.
“Sorry you had to see that,” I said.
“No apologies necessary,” she said softly. “Believe me.”
I handed Hellaphine our last bottle of water. “Drink that, and then give us the bottles back before we go, so the other guards won’t know you cooperated with us. I’ll need to figure out how I’m going to do this.”
Nathaniel’s gaze burned into me as I turned, swinging the backpack off my shoulder. His eyes held pride. His hand was still covered in blood.
“Don’t get too excited,” I muttered. “This might not work.”
He gave me a slow smile. “Yes, it will. I know you, and you’ll do whatever it takes.”
I didn’t know what I’d done to give him such unshakable faith in me, but I wasn’t going to argue.
Hellaphine’s eyes shone as she watched Nathaniel, and something that felt a lot like jealousy wormed its way into my belly.
What the hell was wrong with me?
“Evie?” Nathaniel murmured, and I shook my head.
“Don’t worry.”
From the look in his eyes, hewouldworry.
