They moved quickly through the capital's teleportation hub. It was far larger and stricter.
Guards there were sharper, while Aether manipulators were stationed at every interval, watching for any disturbance.
Lilith was tense as she moved through the hallways, her gaze occasionally moving to Atheline then back to the front.
She would occasionally slow when his breathing pattern changed, but Atheline's reassuring gaze would snap her out of her obsession.
Her fingers tightened around his as though trying to reassure herself.
"Don't slow."
"I'm not," Atheline answered almost immediately.
Lilith didn't seem to believe him, how could she when the poison was circulating faster?
The second teleportation circle came into view. This one led to the border city.
This was their second-to-last teleportation location. The most dangerous one at that, because if anything went wrong there would be nowhere left to go.
