Thais Pov
I was worried about everything. Was I strong enough? Did I train enough? Were we ready? The fear was overwhelming me, but we ran up the stairs all the same. It didn’t matter anymore, I needed to be ready. There wasn’t any more time left. We ran silently, but the guards seemed to know we were there. Either we made some sort of noise, or they heard our hearts beating. Either way, we were met with a sword aimed at our faces. I ducked down and rolled underneath it, turning and slamming my knife against it with a blink of an eye, my reflexes working in overdrive. Jareth was moving around to the left of me somewhere and I desperately wanted to look at him and make sure he was okay, but I was distracted. I had three guards surrounding me and I gritted my teeth, frustrated. No more surp
