The climb up the stairs was easily the hardest thing either of them had ever had to do. Elifur must enjoy seeing people suffer.
"How many steps are there on this thing?" Delaney pointed after what felt like the thousandth. What made it much worse was the fact that they couldn't fly up. It would have been much easier. She and ylvia could simply unleash their wings and fly up, helping Sianna fly up with them.
However, there were too many humans milling around trying to will themselves to go up.
Utrusians might have accepted the existence of immortals but other kingdoms hadn't. They might attract the kind of attention that would put them in danger. The higher they climbed, the more she was convinced this was exactly why Elifur made sure the climb was so steep.
