It seemed hours treading through the sharp rocks, climbing the steep glass mountain. Talk about uncanny and challenging. Val practically scaled half the mountain, signaling me to catch up. Having to find my legs and learn not to breathe which was a bit difficult, while trying to climb a razor-sharp alp seemed to be outside my scope of skills.
Val bellowed down at me, “Pick up the pace. It’s going to be dark soon. We don’t want to get caught out here at night.”
I glared at him as if I wanted to cut his throat. “I don’t see why we can’t materialize inside the castle.”
“Have you ever heard of the element of surprise?” He shouted over the strong gust of wind.
I glared up at him, a little more than annoyed. “I still don’t understand why we can’t just buzz up there.” My muscles ached and my
