Adelaide
My vision blurred as I tried to keep up with everything happening around me. It all happened so fast.
One moment, I was trying to escape Starlight with Alaric, and now I was glued to the wall of some secret room beneath the library. Mom and Esther had dragged him here, unconscious, and I had no idea what to do.
Esther had tied Alaric to some pole in the center of the room, while Mom grabbed his limp hand and whispered a few words.
All of this was making me sick. I was so close to running away with him—but I had failed.
Think, Adelaide, think!
I looked around the small room, which looked like it had been prepared for this so-called ritual for a long time. Symbols were painted across the floor, salt had been spread around the center, there were candles, and most importantly, a
