ndria

ce water. It was the pure Dominion of an apex predator, so

a hundred times stronger than I was right now. Without looking back, I threw myself forward into a dive roll to cre

ke an iron vise clamped around the back of my neck. The sheer

ine screamed under the weight. My ai

eres

of fresh blood and cedarwood rumbled right above m

trying to pry his fingers open. His muscles felt like solid s

reezing night air sliced across my cheeks like razors. Though I couldn't see, the changes in wind pressure

stopped wasting my stamina and went compl

whipped my dress around my legs. Judging by the thin, freezing air and the echo of

guards alive? Now that's some

the side of my neck as he took a deep, sharp breath.

.. yet for a split second, I actually caught

r breath, then

ding something good under

face away, refusing to utter a w

ugh. Without warning, the iron

traight down from the high tower like a stone wi

ing intently through the roaring wind, I caught the soft, muffled sound of falling snow hitting the ground below inst

est, wrapped my arms tightly around my head, and cu

o

my right shoulder slammed hard against the frozen earth beneath. A tearing pain shot through my sho

cold. I rolled onto my back and listened. Aside from the howling blizzard, the terrifyi

ord's chaotic whim-hauling the gasping, mud-drenched bodies out of the pit to dispose of them in secret, leaving be

m my spine was intact, then braced my l

crunched through the snow in the distance, a

Alexandria! W

Clara Hicks, an Omega servant girl and the only

out, making my voice so

a dropped to her knees at the edge of the snow crater and le