Chapter 74

ACHILLES. “So this is the thing that’s been haunting all of us for the past weeks,” Carlos says dryly as we stand in front of the warehouse. Or at least where it used to be. The entire place is now burned to the ground, in all the ways that it should have been a long time ago. I managed to contact some backup when I got back to the palace with Claudia and Tristan, and we have been working since. Nothing but a heap of ashes and the remaining spikes of metal that used to be the building’s foundation. The snow cooled the fire off almost as efficiently as our water system did, and now it’s just a steaming pile of black sludge going down the hillside. It’s definitely strange to see something that has horrified you for the longest time, reduced into something as insignificant as this. It’s almost nighttime again now, and everything seems to be working well. Claudia is back at the palace recovering, and Kiernan has been left in charge, also to look after the ones who either tried to loot