Chapter 40 Run Before They Catch You
- I run before my mind can catch up, my legs carrying me through the dimly lit corridors. My breath is ragged, and my heart pounds in my chest like a drum. The echo of Sirius’s chilling threat rings in my ears, spurring me to move faster:
- I will cut your tongue out and make you swallow it back along with your blood.
- Or maybe I should just kill you now?