Fear had made her reckless. After spending so many years as a hostage, Esadora thought she had grown up, become wiser. With nothing to do, she'd spent her time planning what to do when she finally escaped. Kill Dalila, make Celeste stronger. In her head, it had been easy. She'd thought about it over and over again but in the end everything had gone wrong. How was she supposed to get her daughter back when she didn't know how to enter the phoenix world? Even if she did find a way, where would she start looking for her? Damn that stupid bird to hell and back. Why had she saved it? She should have let it die together with its master.
She was ten when she found it. Someone had attacked his master and he was dead. Theo was also injured, next to him on the verge of death. Nai
