Aria stumbled through the dark forest, her body screaming with pain. Elena's magical fire had burned her shoulder, and glass cuts covered her arms. But nothing hurt worse than her broken heart.

She collapsed against a huge oak tree, unable to take another step. Sobs shook her body as the night's horrors crashed over her. Elena was alive but filled with hate. Mara had twisted her sweet sister into a tool of revenge.

"I failed you," she whimpered into the darkness. "I failed you twice, ...