Chapter SevenCelestria’s words hung in the air long after she had left the dungeon. Nobody spoke for an age, but when the silence was finally broken, it was Booth who stood and stated, “We can’t allow Brianna to go out there and face her alone.”
“We can’t let her go out there at all,” Zoe insisted. “She’s too weak.”
I wanted to snap at her and tell her I wasn’t weak at all, but she was right. I could still feel the exhaustion pulling at me, threatening to overwhelm me all over again.
“You heard her.” I sighed and turned to Booth, speaking only to him even though everyone was staring at me. “If I don’t go out there, she’s going to kill your mother.”
I could see his inner turmoil, feel it as though it was coming off him in waves.
“My mother would not wish you to sacrifice yourself for h
