LUCIEN'S POV

"But if she was locked away, how did she get into Daisy?" Noah asked.

"The ancient ones," she said. "When they performed their ritual to drain Daisy's power, they must have accidentally created a crack in Pyritha's prison. And Daisy, with all that power flowing through her, became the perfect host."

Outside, Pyritha was getting impatient.

"I'm going to count to ten," she called. "If you don't come out by then, I'll burn down the entire castle with everyone inside."

"One."

We looked at each other desperately.

"Two."

"There has to be something we can do," Noah said.

"Three."

"The binding spell," Daisy's mother said suddenly. "The one...