“Don’t burn them,” Manon said. Silence fell in the clearing. But Manon knelt on the festering earth, unsheathed her iron nails, and began digging. Yanking off her gloves, Asterin lowered herself to the ground nearby. Then Sorrel and Vesta. Then the rest of the Thirteen. The cold, firm earth did not yield easily. It tore at Manon’s fingers, root
