Chapter 49 A Dark Day

• With every thump of my heart in my chest, I ran through the skirts and lanes of the city, that was as dark as a nut, and wheezing hard. More heavy steps a little faster behind me, I shook off my protesting muscles, and ran.
• “Move!” Much louder this time, but still thick, Chase’s voice came from the left side of where I ran.
• I took a look behind me and saw nothing but Alessandro’s back, his brows drawn together in fierce focus. Behind him, barely visible in the dark, were the forms of our aggressors – or rather men from the Phoenix Organization sent by The Raven.