Chapter 56: No Secrets

Thomas

Emily has been under for hours, and I’m at a complete loss over what to do with myself. I’m not sure what I expected this whole scenario to be like, but it wasn’t this.

Nobody in the ceremonial chamber has moved. To the point where it’s downright unnerving to set foot in there. I keep trying to stay out of solidarity for Emily, but I can’t manage it. Maybe if I knew when they’d bring her out of her trance, but waiting around and not knowing is killing me.

The protective spell they’ve cast around her and Ceal makes everything just blurry enough that it’s hard to focus on anything. Emily lies perfectly still, with the old woman kneeling at her head chanting. The incantation is muffled enough that even if I knew the language—which I can’t swear to—I doubt I’d be able to understand a word of it.

When I step back into the hallway, Azriel is waiting. He looks every bit as frustrated as I feel.

“Bullshit,” he mutters. “Such unbelievable fucking bullshit.”