'The Tower of Hope is lost.'
So was the entirety of the Human Domain.
Cassie acknowledged the fact calmly and pulled her blindfold back up, enduring the dreadful pain that ravaged her mind as best she could. She spent a heartbeat assessing the situation, then activated the unfinished runic array she and Sunny had been creating to serve as an additional layer of protection for the Ivory Island.
She needed more time.
Nightwalker was circumventing the defenses of the flying island by twisting space, and Cassie was limited in how she could shape and unleash the Crushing due to the risk of destroying the Night Garden and killing all its inhabitants. So, she had to resort to unconventional means of stalling for time.
