Nix shook his head, muttering to himself. “Insane. Females are insane. What were you thinking?” “That we needed to save our mother,” Faith answered. She turned back to Trinity. “Do you know where Destiny is? Can we reach her?” “Yes. The citadel will support us in this.” Faith nodded, as if that made complete sense. Which, of course, it did not. The citadel was a building with some spires and pretty flowers on the outside. But I wasn’t going to argue. It was well-known lore that the royals believed the citadel to be more. The rest of us humored them. “Do it then,” Faith said. “I won’t feel right until I know she’s okay.” Trinity nodded and rose from her seat. She walked to an empty screen along one wall and pressed her palm to the wall. The screen wavered for a moment, as if liquid wa

