Lila POV The courtyards of the Demon Hunting Trials are beautiful in a way I never expected Hell to be. Instead of being dead and covered in flames, it is full of green and life. Different plants fill every corner and line the sides of rocky stone pathways. The buildings are made of old yellow stone with black metal balconies. There are pillars and archways everywhere I look. This place feels like a mixture between Greek and Foster design. Everything is covered in red-flowered ivy, curling around the statues of the Crescent Mother we pass. The statues make me feel like I’m back at the academy, where they have statues everywhere. We head around dim corridors, through pathways, and into one of the tallest buildings at the back of the compound. The structure stretches into a branch that

