Chapter 24 – OtyliaYou have done well with the Trials, Lady Otylia. Today will hold two more—the last Weles has planned for many moons—but fear not. We will assist you in those that remain. I will come to you tonight, after the fourth Trial. The key to your escape awaits.
A friend.
MEMORIES HAUNTED ME in the days following the Trials of Isolation and Connection. Every time I blinked, I saw Illya’s body ravaged by my fox form or Wacław fighting in the flaming woods. Even when I tried not to think, the absence of my goddesses’ powers left me empty, alone.
I held my fingers to my lips as I paced across my room in my shift. That stupid kiss had glee and dread warring within me. What would a real relationship with Wacław mean? The idea of being with a boy had scared me for so long, and that
