A chilling voice rang through the air from behind the door.
"Prince!" the words were spat rather than said, "Why don't you give yourself up?! You have no allies in this kingdom, and none of your corrupt kind has been able to make it out of Amira alive."
His heart pounded harder at the sound of that last word. Alive. He knew now he was speaking to Maelys, the leader of the rebel movement. She was known now for drastic tactics, but he had not heard of...executions.
He shook himself out of the stupor. He wasn't about the negotiate with her, and there was a large stain glass window on the far side of the room. He picked up one of the carved oak chairs and held it in front of him, and ran straight into the stain glass window. It shattered, and he leapt through right as the heavy iron lock on the oak door broke. Maelys's troops swarmed in, but Warren had certainly not stayed to see them.
He had landed on the ground a few feet below, and ran for his life towards his horse. All he needed now was to make it to his uncle's village. Safety and information awaited him, at the village of Dalhurst.
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