Chapter 57: Not Tonight

Chapter 57: Not Tonight

We started running immediately. The figures on the rooftops moved with us, keeping pace above. A second later, an arrow struck the ground right in front of us. The moment it hit, a dark, oily substance spread from the point of impact. It hissed as it expanded, crawling across the stone until it formed a solid wall that sealed off the end of the street.

I did not slow down. I tried to push through it, but I slammed into the surface like it was solid stone and fell back hard onto the ground.

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