Kingdom of Ash

that had served them so well. Spearing toward
the battlefield. Toward the approaching witch
tower.
Manon clawed her way to the battlement
ledge, and hauled herself to her feet. Leaned
against the stones, panting, trying to get air
into her lungs so she might find some way to
get airborne, find some Crochan and steal her
broom—
But there were no witches here. No brooms
to be found. Abraxos remained unconscious.
Manon was distantly aware of the shifter
and Prince Aedion coming up beside her, Lord
Ren with them. Distantly aware of the silence
that fell over the castle, the city, the walls.
As all of them watched that witch tower
approach, their doom gathering within it.
As the Thirteen raced for it, raced against
the wind and death itself.
A wall of Ironteeth rose up before the