Chapter 89. Trickery

Cassian POV

Our caravan comes to a halt, and I jump out of the carriage with Lyra just behind me. “How did this happen?” I ask my guards.

The man in the lead shakes his head. “I don’t know. We headed straight through the forest. I don’t recall turning once.”

“It’s the amulet,” Lyra says behind me. “He’s figured out a way to keep us from reaching him.”

“I believe that is correct.”

We both turn at the sound of Freyja’s voice behind us both. “The darkness is full of trickery. Somehow, Assanan must have unleashed this power of confusion on the forest.”

“I thought that forest was creepy,” Lyra says. “It gave me a chill going through it.”

“Can we use our amulet to erase the spell, or whatever this is?” I ask Freyja.