The Red Colosseum was in ruins. Its ancient walls had collapsed, and were now overgrown with verdant vines. The people who had once crowded the tribunes were all long dead. And yet… even the passage of countless years failed to wash away the stain of blood from the surface of the stone that had once been pristine white.
Sunny knew from Cassie that the Colosseum was in a sorry state. He also knew that the island had been infested by all kinds of Nightmare Creatures — probably the remains of Solvane's menagerie of monsters — before the Fire Keepers wiped them out.
The Fire Keepers had also cleared the floor of the arena in order to reveal the buried runes, and now, Cassie was slowly walking along the grooves, tracing their shapes with her steps.
