The Underworld Trials of Luna
Caroline Above Storytouching my momthe last one at the weddingkeeping my brideromantic vows for her
Several of the girls standing at the top of the pillars shriek and scream as the steadying hands leave their shoulders.
I gasp and cry out, reaching for them, but of course no sound comes from my mouth. Orion reaches for me, wrapping a hand around my arm. “Juniper, no,” he says, his voice grave. I turn to him, pulling at his arm, my impulse still to go forward, to stop this, to do something. The Prince shakes his head. “It’s – the Trial has begun. To interrupt it would be death.” He shakes his head, apologetic and devastated.
I cry out again, silently, and turn to face the girls, terrified for them.