C392 A NEW LIFE STIRS

"Go! If the grain burns, we are all ghosts by winter!" Elias yelled, his voice cutting through the roar of the orange light. He didn't wait for a reply. He leaped from the stone wall, his body a blur of speed. As he hit the grass, the ground seemed to jump to meet him, pebbles dancing around his boots.

Aria watched from the high ledge, her fingers pressing into the rough wall. Beside her