Amanda looked crazy as if some side of her had finally snapped. I tried to get myself up, but I couldn’t; my body felt heavy, and my vision was blurry. The fight with Bastian wasn’t easy, and I knew for a fact that I couldn’t fight Amanda as well. I could only wait for her tentacles to strike us, but they didn't.
Kaid was not dead—at least Bastian lied about that—and I had no idea where he was. Esmeralda was MIA as well, and that wasn’t good for us. The only thing that could make matters worse was if Kailee’s father appeared.
“We need to save her; even if we die trying, we need to save Kailee,” Ares implored me.
I tried to get up, but my body wasn’t responding; I was too hurt to continue fighting, but I had to get strength from anywhere.
Kailee was not far from me, but it seemed li
