Chapter 128 "The Game Of Shadows"

• He muttered frantically, dragging me closer and saying, "We don't have much time." "You have to pay attention to me if you wish to survive this—that is, if we wish to survive this. Don't act dumbly.
• I tried to ignore the mounting anxiety in my chest by swallowing. How did we arrive here? We were in a protected haven, buried from the world just hours ago. And just now it seemed as though the world was closing in on us. The men all around us were too many, with too obvious motives.
• I asked, trying myself to seem more courageous than I felt: "What do they want with you?"