Aria's/Lysara's POV

He dragged me down the stone path between the seas of lava, his fingers like a steel band on my arm, biting into my skin, and I winced. It was hard to keep my foot from slamming into the stone with the speed with which he pulled me over it, but I tried not to, and instead, the stone cut into my soles, and pain tugged at my feet, jarring up my legs.

I didn’t feel blood beneath my soles, but I knew they were either torn or scratched hard. He dragged me into his own very ...