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After a few yards through another concrete tunnel we reached an iron staircase that wound in small circles up several floors to the surface, to don Paris The staircase shook and swayed with the weight of ouranyone's ic but my own

We stopped several times for Sebastian to catch his breath and rest The clinificant but not for an Io faster if one of his bodyguards would just carry him But I kept my mouth shut

Finally, we reached the door at the top of the staircase, leading into the lobby of an expensive apartment complex Whitearea decorated a s to the upstairs rooether on one couch, looking terribly uncomfortable and sinfully mischievous at the same time They appeared to be unhary they were just waiting for entlemen," Xavier stood up and stretched his arms widely, as soon as I walked into the lobby; even couards and unfairly outnumbered, he was confident of our plan "It's been fun, like super fun," he laughed, very sarcastically, "but it's probably ti"

The other boys on the couch smiled at his brazenness and stood up as well The attitude was catching and I foundover to them with an air of pre to let you go, do you?" a confused, brutish Titan asked gravely

"You can do whatever you want, but we're going to go Uh, yeah, we're going to go," Xavier continued with a hard edge to his voice

The temperature of the room jolted into latent hostility and every I about ild and frenetic, angry and vengeful, frohters, disciplined for battle and well-prepared for moments like this I was as prepared as any Titan in the roo for the side I served

"You are not going anywhere," growled an i a few feet froht the explosives," Xander gruood humor

"Listen to me carefully, before you decide to blow each other up," Sebastian stepped forward, coiven it, even frooing to leave with the about it If any one of you tries to harm them, especially Eden, I promise that you will die Everyone else that has crossed her has, and I swear to you, that you will be next Do not ht"

"What e tell the Duke and Duchess?" a weary, skeptical Titan asked bravely

"You will tell them that their son is dead and that the prisoners escaped," Sebastian sighed wearily "And if you do not let us go peacefully then it will be the truth anyway, only I will not be the only one that dies tonight Is that clear?"

Sebastian's guard backed away from us slowly It was obvious that none of them truly believed his every word Instead, his instructions confused thely to walk aith the Resistance, couard to stay put Jericho, Titus, Xander, Xavier and I moved as one solidified wall towards the door that led to the outside and into the busy, crowded Paris streets

"Eden, they have been warned If they ruffly, walking without concern, past the five us that htly crouched, protective stance a little befuddled "Follow hih the door in ive htlife of the City of Lights

Now that I was alone in the room with the team of fifteen Titans, they eyed ry with violent greed and opportunistic eyes I ood catch, if they could take ratuitously

"Be careful now," I warned, readying ic with a flare of electricity

"You're not so scary, all on your own" One Titan stepped forward froed scar and his large, beastly hands poised for a fight

I stood up, a little annoyed and waited for his attack I of ic at me that I stopped with a simple hand movement My blood pumped with the electricity of the last Oracle Did he really think that would be enough to trouble ic and then his fellow Guard joined in I stopped as ot bored with their arrogance I stoic shattering the expensiveall fifteen of theic, holding hih the plate glassin the front of the lobby I could feel his e to heal his body and I knew that it would only be seconds before he was back though the brokencausingto have better results, and I heldbolt of blue electricity into his gut He tu