Chapter 27
‘Get up, Tyler. On your feet.’
Talaom loomed over me, looking even worse than I felt. Blood dribbled down his left temple, the eye on that side swollen and bloodshot. Connor leaned past him, gripped my upper arms and pulled me upright.
Fire flared through my body with each movement but I persevered, finally reaching the opening to a huge square. Vision bleary, I searched for the next set of stairs to ascend.
Elation rose within me. We’d reached the highest level. The tower dominated the square.
We’d done it.
Now all I had to do was somehow persuade an entire clan to put aside centuries of hatred to create enough positive energy to refuel the aether that was the only thing keeping the city together.
I stumbled forward, freezing when I spotted the men ringing the base of th
