We could have teleported with Stellan, but no one seemed interested in doing so. He didn’t seem to want to himself. Everyone was too hurt and shocked by what he had done. Even Galen, who knew next to nothing about me, felt sorry for Zora and me. He also needed to remain with Lura. He had healed her, but she was still weak, and he didn’t want her to escape. He and Addison carried Lura silently the whole way. Brielle asked why we were bothering to take her with us, and Galen responded, “She’s a prisoner.”Brielle thought that was a poor excuse to keep her alive, but she didn’t pursue it after that. I could tell even she was too tired to fight anymore.Aditi soared high over our heads. She circled a couple of times and then went a little ways ahead of us. She always came back just to make sure we were okay. I wished I were a shape-shifter. I wanted to fly far away from all this. Our slow procession to the portal was agonizing. It just gave me more time to relive everything that had happened.How could this happen?
