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“I don’t know.”
It just keeps going and going.
When I’d warned Envy about a worse outcome… this isn’t what I had in mind. In my darkest imagination, I couldn’t have predicted this would happen.
The muscles in my back are screaming at me from the overuse. My wings might be full enough to fly, but I don’t have the stamina to keep it up for long, especially while carrying someone.
Because she can feel my strain, Hannah says, “We can’t stay up here forever. We have to land sometime.”
“I’m going to drop the sleeping bag,” I decide, thinking if I get rid of some weight, it might help. “I want to see what happens when it hits the ground. If it remains whole, we probably will, too.”
Keeping my firm grasp on the suitcase handle, I release the bundle from under my arm. We watch it fall, appearing smaller as it gets farther away from us. When the little dot finally makes impact, dust billows up, but there’s no smoke.
I wait several seconds to see if the sleeping bag will catch fire, but it doesn’t.
Letting my wings catch the wind, I soar in a spiral as we start to come down.
ELLISTER
Surprisingly, the air gets clearer as we descend because there’s a disconcerting wind blowing all the ashes away and up. Everything is whipping about; our hair, dried dirt, and dead twigs.
Landing by the sleeping bag, I hold my hand out to try to sense any heat that’s lingering. There’s a dry warmth in the breeze, but when I inspect the dead grass, I find no cinders.
I lift my feet to look at the bottom of my shoes. The rubber isn’t melted at all.
I pat Hannah’s butt. “I think it’s okay to put your feet down.”
She slowly slides off my body, and she glances all around us.
The ring of fire has traveled so far now, we can’t see it anymore.
Perhaps it’s dissipated.
Maybe it’s still going.
Picking up the sleeping bag, Hannah brushes it off.
She gags when she rubs the ashy substance between her fingers because she knows it’s mostly comprised of people.
Just then, someone swoops overhead, their shadow moving over us. Protectively, I hook an arm around Hannah, ready to take another vortex to the sky, but then I recognize the man.
Envy.
He disappears into the stadium where I’m assuming Ackealenvyos still stands.
“They could’ve planned this together,” Hannah suggests, but I shake my head at her suspicion.
“I don’t think so. Most of Envy’s men are gone. He wouldn’t kill his own following on purpose, and I don’t think he’d want to ruin a kingdom he plans to keep.”
“What do you think he’s doing down there?”
“Trying to talk some sense into Ackealenvyos, most likely. Perhaps something can be done to reverse the destruction spell, or at least stop it, but with Glow thrown into the mix, I doubt it’s possible.”
“The Glow,” Hannah says sadly. “You needed what was left.”
“I still do.” I start to walk toward the arena. “Stay behind me.”
“What are we doing?”
