Anna's POV

We make it out of the tunnels, and it's nearing nightfall. Marcus took us through tunnels I had never gone through before. I don't think many people knew about it because we were the only ones who took the dusty, cobweb-ridden route. We've come out about 3 miles northwest of Millerborg. I can still see plumes of smoke rising from the mountain. I am so preoccupied with my thoughts that everyone else's words are drowned out.

Hiroen is dead. Marigold is over, and my father is dead. I can't stop replaying their deaths in my head. Hiroen floats out in front of the city with the dragon not...