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My stoh aand were flying through the air, away frores’ s thundered either side of us, lifting us higher and higher

Claws gripped Bella by the shoulders, and parallel to us, gripped within the dragon’s front right foot, was another ogre

Several other dragons surrounded us, each carrying ogres of their own

They held the rats

I strained on’s face, shiny and scaly and splattered with blood

Up close, these creatures were even ave off aus?" I whispered

Wincing, Bella grunted

"Soood, Miss Rose"

Chapter 11: Mona

As I stood at the gates of the Ageless’ celestial palace, a sea of fa to welcome me home, it should have felt like a dreahteless herself, Thalia Adrius, descended the steps toward e the faintest of smiles

Grief was clamped around my heart like a barbed wire

I could barely breathe

She slipped her hand intome up the stairs toward my quarters

In my left palm, I still clutched the only possession I’d left the island with--my ance of the palace as Thalia, Brisalia and their third sister, Herh chamber after chamber

I just wanted to be alone

Thankfully, the sisters were understanding

On first arriving in The Sanctuary, I’d asked the first witch I came across to take me to Brisalia

I’d explained to her briefly why I was here, and she hadn’t pressed rateful for that

I wasn’t ready to talk

Brisalia brought me immediately to the city palace, where I was to be housed

As we reached the top of the building, we stopped outside an ornate rosewood door

Pushing it open, the sisters ledapartold-leafed bed frale corner of the place that didn’t ooze extravagance