The Underworld Trials of Luna
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.