“Do you really think he’ll agree?” Iris asked as she leaned her head on the naked wall, her knees bent to her body so she could rest her arms on them. She had deep circles under her eyes, which looked even more prominent up close. Her glowing skin was gone, and the ends of her hair had started to split. Annabel stared at her, wondering how she hadn’t noticed all of that before. With Etheera controlling their body, she had tried to keep up with what was going on, but she never actually paid attention to the people around them. Iris must have gone through a lot in the past six months—watching her sister die, leaving the Order she helped build for a second time, having to worry about their parents being held hostage by the humans…not to mention helping the humans create weapons against he

