CHAPTER FOURTEEN
One by one, they passed beneath the stone arch, holding their breath. Baiyu came last – at his own insistence. The others waited tensely as he stepped beyond his prison walls for the first time in many months. He moved through, pausing in the darkness beyond the stone wall, waiting for an outcry, a bolt of magic...anything.
Nothing happened.
Baiyu’s thin face broke into a broad smile. He turned to look up at the stars and closed his eyes. His chest rose as he drew his first breath of freedom. The half-light hid many of the marks and scars of imprisonment, transforming his face until it seemed as though he, himself was glowing; reflecting the starlight. When he looked down at them again, Jade saw it wasn’t entirely an illusion. He really did look a little better
