“Ugh, this is the worst!” Elaine groaned, hitting her head on the table. Kara lowered the book she had been reading out loud from for the past half an hour, looking at her with a sad smile. “There is nothing we can do inside the castle, we can’t go down into the city and all they have in the library are romance books and books about demons!”
“Come on, that’s not entirely true!” Kara laughed. Despite her smile and surprising cheerfulness, she still had dark circles under her eyes and her skin looked pale and haggard. It proved harder to get used to life in Roder — especially for Malina, who barely got out of bed most days unless there was something important going on or Isabelle forced her. For some reason, she had some kind of fear — or maybe it was respect — for Isabelle and even when s
