Daisy sighed and tried her best to push all of these conflicting thoughts out of her head. She needed to focus on doing some damage control with Ira and his friends. She entered the library and saw them all leaning over the same book, smiling slightly.
Their enthusiasm was endearing. She was glad they could still be excited about something after the day they'd had.
"Hi, guys! What are you reading?" she asked.
"The most fascinating book about alchemy—" Ira began but was cut off when Ciara suddenly grabbed them all and cast some sort of darkness spell. Was this what they had used to sneak into the castle earlier?
Daisy understood what was happening as soon as she turned around. Somehow Juliet and the remainder of her entourage had escaped the dungeon and come looking for them. Her heart raced in fear as the man called for someone to block the door but it only grew worse when she saw the look on Demetria's face as she taunted them.
