Chapter 44

• Somehow, their pursuers never caught up with them. Gerald was able to help her escape successfully.
• “Lady Kyra, why don’t I help you look for a carriage that will take you home?” Gerald asked her, his breathing heavily labored.
• Kyra actually had the grace to look embarrassed and she was panting as her eyes dropped to the ground, “I do not want to wait behind, I really want to go home, but I don’t have any money with me,” she said as she focused on kicking invisible pebbles on the floor.