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“Not my problem.”
I whisked my arm away from her at the last moment.
“Then can we at least do this after we rescue your brother?” I said.
By now, I was desperate. How was I supposed to rescue anyone with a snapped arm flapping in the wind?
“Okay, fine,” Emana said. “But I get to be the one to snap it. Okay?”
“Sure, sure,” I said. “All arm snapping duties belong to you.”
I wiped the cold sweat that’d suddenly beaded on my forehead. Titans were nuts.
“That’s a relief,” I said. “The truth is, we’ll probably both be dead by the time we rescue Kal. Death sort of takes care of the whole broken arm thing, right?”
“I’ll try to snap it before death claims you,” Emana said. “I wouldn’t want to leave you dishonored.”
“Thanks,” I said flatly. “That’s… That’s really sweet.”
Above us, a shout rang out.
Emana shifted her weight to make a run for the trees. It would make her an easy target.
“No!” I said, grabbing her by the arm.
“Let me go!” she wailed.
“Hold on!” I said.
“Why? They’ll catch us!”
“Come with me!” I said. “Even if you make it to the wood and get in the shuttlecraft—”
“There’s a shuttlecraft?” she said.
Damn. I wish I hadn’t said that.
“Yes,” I said. “But you’ll never make it off this moon. Not with that huge Changeling ship perched over the town.”
Emana peered at the huge ship with its multiple turrets shifting from one target to the next. Then she lowered her eyes to mine.
“Fine,” she said. “I’ll follow you. But only until we break my brother free. Then I never want to see you again.”
It made me sad but I accepted.
“If that’s the way it had to be,” I said.
Heavy boots thumped on the wall above us as a contingent of a dozen or so guards marched in our direction.
I tugged Emana down to our knees. I scrambled through the ivy and ran my hands over the stones underneath.
“What are you doing?” Emana said.
“Looking for loose rocks,” I said. “See if you can find them. They should be here somewhere.”
Together we searched, coming up empty.
The guards marched closer and dirt rained on our heads.
