28 Nadine I had never been to Rome before or Europe or even outside the United States. But Micah had. Before he had come to New York City and found me, he had traveled around the world, looking for people like him, and Rome had been one of his destinations. Even though it was hard to tell where anything was among the ruins, Micah had assured me he had a pretty good idea of where the Coliseum stood—or used to stand—so I trusted him and let him be our guide as we walked and hid from the demon patrols. The hiding, the walking through the debris, the crossing broken bridges and roads went slowly. I had no idea how far we were from the Coliseum, but it certainly didn’t look like we would arrive there today. However, we couldn’t stop for the night either. What if we let our guard down and w

