CHAPTER 10
When she stepped into the cloud, time froze. As did her heart. She couldn't breathe, the pressure on her chest was too much. She tried to walk, but she was trapped, suspended in the air, the weird cloud pressing against her from all sides.
Despite the pain, she concentrated once again, focussing on the Mahoun and his dark castle. She closed her eyes so the swirling blue all around her wouldn't distract her. it was already hard to think with all the sound of sizzling electricity. This cloud wasn't like anything she'd ever seen. Not that it was a cloud, she was fairly certain about that.
Focus.
The Mahoun. His Voice. Amber. The men dragging her out into the courtyard. Flying away on the beithir. Realising it was all just a game the Mahoun was playing with their minds. Their ac
