Seventeen
Moments later, we’re back on the hilltop with Aurora and Imperia, surrounded on all sides by peaceful blue scenery. It’s almost surreal compared to the cracked and broken city we just ran from.
Aurora climbs quickly to her feet and asks, “What happened there?”
“Em took down the forest,” Calla tells her. “Or some of it, at least.” She turns to me and asks, “Are you okay now?”
“Yes. My legs are a little weak, but I’m fine. It’s just …” I look over my shoulder, as if I could see through the disappearing doorway and back to the scene we left behind. “All those people who were just attacked—the soldiers—we just left them there. What if Roarke’s army is about to kill them all?”
“Chase is still there. He won’t let that happen.”
“But how could he possibly stop them all?”
Calla wal
