“Aleera!” he calls, and my blood runs cold hearing his voice. I race down the steps, quickly disappearing among the other demons.
As I get to the bottom of the steps, someone shoves me, and I hit the ground. Hard. I look to see who it is, but there are too many men to pinpoint which one. I cry out when a foot stomps on my fingers.
“There she is,” I hear Zac’s voice just as a fireball rushes toward me. I shriek, barely managing to move, and it evaporates as it hits the ground where I was.
“Let’s see how pretty she is without all that hair,” Zac’s voice mocks, making me look up the steps. Zac smiles, and his eyes burn with malice as he conjures up another fireball, bouncing it in his hand. I take off running down the corridor and don’t stop running until I end up in a hall on my own. I ha
