#Chapter20
/"Aleera!/" he called, and my blood ran cold. I raced down the steps, quickly disappearing among the other demons.
As I got to the bottom of the steps, someone shoved me, and I hit the ground. I looked to see who it was, but there were too many men to pinpoint which one. I cried out when another stomped on my fingers.
/"There she is,/" I heard Zac’s voice just before a fireball rushed toward me. I shrieked, barely managing to move, and it evaporated as it hit the ground where I was.
/"Let’s see how pretty she is without all that hair,/" Zac’s voice said, making me look up the steps. Zac smiled, and his eyes burned with evil as he played with another fireball, bouncing it in his hand. I took off running down the corridor. I didn’t stop running until I ended up in a hall on my own. I had no idea if he was still intending to burn my hair off when I stopped to try and catch my breath.
