Blackfeather Woods shorter of breath and one day closer to death

She didn't understand. What was he talking about? They would be safe, down in the tunnels. The enemy didn't know about them--they had been safe from the Redhawks down below, during the last invasion. That was the point of the tunnels anyway. A little perturbed, Maegi looked at Mou, then toward the tunnel, then back to Mou again.

"Where will you take me?" she asked, her voice more than a tad dubious. After all, he had been the one that had gotten them into this mess. She could feel Blue's silver gaze burning into the top of her head; they needed to go, they needed to RUN!

"Mou, we're going into the tunnels!" Maegi insisted, jerking her head toward the mouth. "We'll be safe down there!"