Chapter 34: Book of Spells

Aria's POV:

I watch Dylan leave the room. Now that everyone is gone, I'm left with a broken heart and dry tears. I need to stay strong for everyone's sake. I swore to my parents and my grandma that I would set things right and make them proud of me. That's what I'm going to do. I will end this war between the two realms.

"Let's go Aria. I will show you something," Erythaea spoke softly.

She walks ahead of me, and I just followed her wherever she leads me. I noticed that we are heading toward the lower ground of the tower and I couldn't tell how far deep we are. All I know is that we've been walking for almost an hour going down to our destination. The more we go down the darker it gets. The temperature is rising and our lungs are full of moist air, making water vapor come out of our mouths.

"It's freezing out here," I utter with a trembling voice. Although I'm sweating like a pig, my