"She never really stormed into the phoenix hold to look for Mikhail. She knew Mikhail had the power to unlock the ascendant, and she could have just gotten there and raided to kidnap him," Camille said thoughtfully.
Being a child of the moon gave them the privileges that no one would ever have. they could go in and out of any place that didn't have barriers by their own mother. This only meant that the Falci could have walked into the phoenix hold.
Zari could have invaded Russia and taken Mikhail hostage. She had sent him there. She had made everything about Mikhail happen, and that gave her an advantage because the lands already knew him.
"No barrier could keep my sister out, and yet even with all that power, even with that knowledge, even with all that had happened and her desire to crush everything and everyone in her wake, Zarinah hadn't done anything to Mikhail.
