Chapter 55
Time seemed to drag on forever as Michael hurried Zoe through the tunnel until, finally, they reached its mouth and stepped out of it to find themselves high on the mountain.
Michael had no idea how they had climbed that high. The sun was sinking, so he knew which direction was west. At least they were on the mountain’s north side, rather than facing south toward Potchiv.
Around them, the terrain was rocky and steep. He held Zoe’s hand as they carefully began the long descent.
Michael had never seen anything like what he had witnessed with Zoe and the vampires. He guessed they had been created by alchemy raising them from the dead. And somehow that put them under the power of a philosopher’s stone. Only that would explain how Zoe’s stone could have caused those demons to cha
