Chapter 76

Orion lets out an unholy screech as the wave of soldiers threatens to pull her under, and a spear manages to pierce the soft underside of the tip of her wing.

The panic in Alcina rises higher, and she feels as though she cannot breathe.

The soldiers continue to advance, unminding the dead bodies that litter the floor. It seems as though there is an endless supply of them, pouring in from the double doors, new ones replacing each one that Orion manages to befell.

This, Alcina thinks in her bleak despair, is why her mother told her that she is unfit for battle. She was not wrong.

Alcina’s hands curl around the chains in her hands, ignoring the stinging pain of her torn skin, and her eyes clench shut when a massive, thundering roar cuts through it all.

Alcina’s heart pounds in her chest, this time, not with panic, but with a vengeance.

Over the balcony, a huge, looming shadow appears.

The soldiers freeze in their advance.

And with another ear-splitting, heart-shaking roar of fury, Perse