Chapter NineThe harsh laughter that welcomed us made my skin crawl. I could feel her eyes watching us even as I stumbled over the broken part of the wall and tried my hardest to focus on helping Zoe the rest of the circle over.
“I should have known that you could never be brave enough to face this alone,” Celestria crowed.
As I turned in the still intact circle, I found her standing in the centre of the open field. A group of warriors stood in a semi-circle behind her, their eyes watching us with quiet interest. To the left of them stood several people I didn’t recognise but among them I recognised Augustus. He watched me with an unreadable expression.
How can my own father stand against me? I thought, but even as I did, Adreanna stepped out from behind him, her fiery red hair glowing i
