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told
him.
    “Tell me what’s wrong,”
William said, and sat on the side of the bed. He noticed how shaky
her hands were.
    “Everything, headache,
stomach ache, my entire body hurts, and I want
Chevalier.”
    “I know you do… right now,
just rest here. We’ll give you anything you need to fully
recover.”
    “Then go away,” Emily
said, and leaned back on the bed. She pulled the covers up and
rolled onto her side away from him.
    “If you need anything,
just call,” William told her, and left the room.
    As soon as William left,
Emily stood up and stretched her sore back. She went to the window
and looked out along the wall of the Encala Palace. She found what
she needed, so pulled on jeans and a t-shirt from the closet and
quickly slipped out the window. She maneuvered to the first
drainpipe by edging along a small ledge. When she grabbed the
drainpipe, she realized it was loose though, and she quickly looked
around for another way down.
    Above her window was
another ledge and Emily looked up the wall and found a clear path
to the roof. Not seeing a way down, she opted for the roof route,
and within fifteen minutes, was on the roof of the Encala palace.
There were four helicopters there, but she didn’t see anyone around
them or in the small glass radio room.
    Emily tried the door to
the radio room, but found it locked. She was able to find a loose
board and smashed the glass door. Ignoring the glass cuts on her
feet, she went inside and thumbed through the radio channels. The
LED was showing EN until the fifth channel where it changed to VL.
She kept going and smiled when she saw EQ on the
display.
    “Base, is anyone there?”
she whispered, and looked around the roof.
    “Base here, who is this?”
a strange voice asked. Emily gasped and turned the volume down
quickly.
    “I need to talk to
Chevalier,” she said softer. The glass room seemed too open, so she
crouched down behind the only desk and waited.
    “Chevalier here. Who is
this?” he growled.
    “It’s me,” she whispered.
    “Emily! Where are you?”
    “Shhhh... whisper… I’m on
the roof of the Encala palace.”
    “The Encala? We thought the Valle had
you.”
    “They did,” she said
softly. “The Encala kidnapped me from the Valle.”
    “Do they know you are contacting us?”
    “No”
    “We’ll come see what we
can do. Are you ok?”
    Emily sighed and tears filled her eyes,
“I’ve ashed a lot of Equites.”
    “I know, and we know you didn’t have a
choice.”
    “Is General Skinner mad?”
    “No, he knows about the
Ancient.”
    “They won’t let me have
the baby. I don’t know if he’s ok,” Emily said, cupping her hand so
she could talk quieter.
    “Dain? Em, he’s here.”
    Emily frowned, “The Valle
took him, too… and the Encala took him when they got
me.”
    “No, Dain’s never been gone from the
palace.”
    “Seriously?” she sounded irritated.
    “Yes, he’s fine… now stay out of trouble
while we get you back.”
    “Ok, I’ll…” Emily was
pulled out of the command center by the back of her t-shirt and
thrown to the ground.
    “She’s ours. Try to get
her and we’ll take her where you’ll never find her,” Frederick
hissed into the radio.
    There was no answer from
the Equites, and Emily scrambled to run away from the Chief
Enforcer. He slammed into her by the wall and pinned her against
the hard stone, “Can’t stay out of trouble, can you?”
    “Please, let me go,” Emily
said, avoiding looking at him. His face was so close to hers that
she could feel his breath against her skin. Her body tensed when
she felt him run his nose up her neck and inhale.
    She relaxed as his teeth
sunk into her neck. Her body went limp against his, but he held her
up against the wall. Emily fought to keep her eyes open, but grew
tired quickly. She wanted to fight, wanted to turn him to ash, but
she couldn’t concentrate enough. When his lips pressed against
hers, she could do nothing but allow the kiss to