Chapter Three
Two Dome Guard flanked the steps to the Iron Dome. Neither of them attempted to stop Nola from passing. Neither of them called her a traitor or tried to haul her away. It would have been simpler if they had. It would have spared her from having to tell the world herself.
I don’t deserve for this to be easy.
The Iron Dome was wide-set with low bushes instead of trees to ensure sightlines in case of attack. It was the only dome where metal could be lowered to shield the glass from destruction and the only dome where weapons were allowed. But Nightland had attacked the exact opposite side of the complex, leaving the Iron Dome completely untouched.
Nola approached the largest of the shoebox-shaped houses. A shadow moved past the kitchen window as she climbed the steps to the
