Where Shadows Meet Starlight

Previously

…“The ward is failing,” he said. “She is too strong. We must leave now. Or she will take us all.” Kael snapped out of his trance. He grabbed Elara’s arm. “We go. Thorne rose slowly, leaning on the pillar. “The book is our only chance. But using it gives her a foothold. You must decide, Elara—how deep are you willing to let her in to win?” She looked at the book, at Kael’s desperate face, at Thorne’s fading light. The new moon was tomorrow night. And the Shadow Weaver was already in her head. “We go,” Elara said. “And I’ll find a way that doesn’t cost us everything.” She didn’t know if she believed it. But she had to try.