LOGINI clenched my fists, but didn’t allow myself to react.Slowly, I looked from him to Kyrell, still in full bow.“Get up,” I said.Kyrell lifted his head but not his eyes as he rose to his feet.I turned my back on them.“Your doubts are justified,” I said quietly. “I’ve spent years running from respo
He had hoped — just like me — that Deathless Death wouldn’t work.But it had.Because Asher made sure it would.That was why he oversaw every step of its creation.Back then, I thought he had an enemy he hated enough to build a weapon like this.I didn’t realize it was himself.I looked at Kyrell.“
[Raven]Draknor, Kyrell, and the others closed in, their attention fixed on Zxlorthon.“Classify everything that has happened in this room since the throne’s disappearance. Effective immediately,” Draknor said, his tone controlled.“Understood,” Kyrell replied. “But the elder council will demand an
But they couldn’t parry it all.My heart no longer pounded.It… slowed.For a moment.Then ripped itself apart, drowning every voice, including Zxlorthon’s warnings.Until only one voice remained.“Give back my brother!”“Return Asher to me!”The shadows writhed violently, hissing as they stopped sh
I frowned as my mind went completely blank.What happened next… was a jumbled chain of fragmented memories.I got up from the couch, opened the cabin’s door and strode out.The corridors swam past me, stretching and warping.Panicked staff. Military trying to pacify them. All blended together.Faces
The bunker wouldn’t hold.Ezra. Xanthea—“I need to get to them.”I didn’t realize I’d said it out loud.I got to my feet.Power surged beneath my skin as I reached to teleport—Cold metal snapped around my wrists.I froze, my power dying in my veins.Mana blocker cufflinks?“What the fuck do you th
[Raven]Pheles’ heart thundered wildly, beating far beyond its limits.Even in my wolf form, sustaining the colossal body of a dragon tore at every fibre of my being.My muscles spasmed, my bones groaning under the strain.‘Hold on, Pheles,’ I urged. ‘We’re almost there.’Zxlorthon angled toward the
[Raven]A burning throb pulsed behind my closed eyes.All my physical pain had condensed and collapsed into the storm in my heart.Every breath was like walking on shards of ice; every second dragging me closer to a loss I couldn’t name.Like waves of a violent sea, emotions crashed against my chest
My eyes narrowed at the dagger in Asher’s hand.“The dagger…” I mumbled.“That dagger holds the key to Xanthea’s divine wolf,” Azum said. “The fang alone carries enough divine power to exorcise a high-ranking demon easily.”Xanthea’s grip tightened on my hand, her anxiety thickening the air around u
He scrubbed a tear away with the back of the hand holding his dagger, then nodded to himself.“I will fix all his mistakes,” he said quietly. “And I’ll start with you.”Father’s face settled into that familiar, impassive expression. The one he wore before he massacred people, and I knew exactly what







