Leila’s POV:
In light of Ash’s revelation about the power inside Dana, Kalli, Kessal and Braeden I feel like the worlds dropped out from underneath me. That sensation of falling made me feel like I was standing on a landmine second away from detonation that would cause me to explode or some other earth-shattering event. And judging by the faces of those around us I’m not the only one with this concern. Luckily though, we're saved from having to say another word by the arrival of Chalice and Mara, both looking a little pale and peaky from whatever they’d found out that Eris had asked them to look for.
“Well, we have good news and bad news, which do you want first?” Chalice’s attempt at lighthearted humour has me smiling internally but also simultaneously dreading whatever she is about to
