Chapter 22 Summary

Jared is walking his horse after making an escape from the academy. A storm is coming. He unrolls the syringe from its pack and gives himself a dose of medicine. He stops to rest and close his eyes afraid he might die in the forest. Jared runs into a man that beckons him to come into the fire.

Attia tries to wake up but she can't. Her hands are tied behind her and connected to Keiro who is back to back with Attia. Rix claims he's seen the outside—meaning outside of the world where Incarceron is. Rix tells them a fairytale. Claudia tells Finn that the Queen paid off Jared. Finn convinces Claudia to give him Incarceron.

Jared sees that the forefinger of the man's right hand is missing. When Jared asks if he is Sapphique, the man confirms that he...