In Chapter Eighteen, Kree somehow manages to slay Mountus with a single stab even though an entire army from Canopy couldn’t kill him. However, her trials are not over. Weak from the battle, Kree loses her inner struggle with Orchid and is overtaken. Stuck inside her own body, she she watches as Abreen and Jamison are kidnapped and she is dragged back to the palace. I talk about using emotions in your story like colors in a painting and the importance of letting your characters fail.