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With any luck, Kal would never see it. We would escape to a place of safety to negotiate a peace deal or…
I had no idea. I didn’t know what would happen. I only knew I couldn’t let him die like this.
Not because of me.
I stepped from the foliage and lowered my head. I approached the outer wall and marched along it. I kept an eye on the upper battlements where the Changeling guards would be keeping watch.
I needed to reach the far corner. There, according to Kal, was where I would find what I was looking for.
Loose stones beneath a thick thatch of ivy.
Boy, I hoped it wasn’t poisonous! That was just about the last thing I needed—
Thump!
Something struck the ground beside me and then slithered down the wall. It was white and thick, and cool like Egyptian cotton.
Bedsheets?
I covered my eyes against the glare of the sun. A figure crouched and stepped over the side. It used the sheets to climb hand-over-hand to the bottom. They moved fast.
The ass was shapely. I wished mine looked half as firm. Something slipped from the figure’s pocket and fell to the soft soil at my feet. I picked it up and shook it. It was a water container and sounded half full.
The figure’s feet touched down. She clapped off her hands and reached toward the ground for the dropped waterskin.
“Thanks,” she said.
“You’re welcome,” I said.
Then she saw me. Her eyes fell open and her mouth formed a big O.
“You,” she declared.
“Emana?” I said. “You know, I once tried to escape with bedsheets. I didn’t even get out of my room.”
I gave her the best smile of apology I could muster.
She slugged me in the face.
“Ow!” I said, clutching my face. “Did you break my nose?”
“No, but I’m going to!” she screamed.
Emana had always been cute and fluffy toward me but now she had murder in her eyes. She was strong—monster strong the way all Titans were—and could snap me in half without breaking a sweat.
“Hold on!” I yelled, stepping back and raising my hands.
To my surprise, she did. But her hands were still cupped in giant maws that could tear me apart with ease.
I thought about running. She could outrun me too. To survive, I either needed to play dead or appeal to her better nature.
“I should probably run,” I said. “If I ever came across someone of your size in the wild, I would run. No question about it.”
“Then why don’t you?”
“Because I came back to break your brother free,” I said.
“What?”
