Reign of Ash (60 page)

“Not fast enough.”

“Limp if you have to,” Kayla said, grabbing his arm. “But we’re still going to run, even if it’s on one foot.”

He hesitated only a brief moment before looping his arm around her neck and running alongside. Shouts echoed behind them, and Kayla felt her heart thud in her ears. She had killed four soldiers now, as well as wounded two more. There would be no jail cell waiting for her if they were caught, just a thick stone and an ax.

They hobbled down the road, Kayla desperate to add distance between them and the guards. She asked questions in a rapid-fire manner as they ran, hoping against hope for a plan to emerge in her mind.

“You said Haern’s your first name. What’s your last?”

Haern refused to answer at first, but then she cuffed him on the side of his head.

“I’m trying to save your life, and mine, so talk.”

“I… I’m the son of a guildmaster.”