The prison level was worse than I'd imagined.
Hundreds of prisoners, not fifty. Hundreds.
"Moon Goddess," I breathed.
"We can't take them all," Kael said beside me.
"Then we take as many as we can."
" Move!"
We worked with desperate speed.
My Moonbane magic dissolved locks.
Helena stabilized her injuries.
The Warriors carried those too weak to walk.
Then one prisoner grabbed my arm.
"There's another level below. Where do they keep the corrupted ones? Maybe a hundred more."
More prisoners. All need purification.
I looked at Kael. Saw the same impossible calculation in his eyes.
"Marcus, get these prisoners out," I ordered.
"Kael, with me. We're going deeper."
"Sophia, we don't have time—"
"Then we make time."
We ran deeper into hell.
The lowest level reeked of dark m
