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
[Asher]The next second, the throne shadows rained down all around me, erupting into their obsidian alpha forms as they crashed on the ground.Shadow Icifer walked back to the throne, commanding the shadow alphas as they closed in on me from all directions.I gathered every last bit of my power and
He gritted out, then gave a dry, hollow laugh.‘For you, my mate bond was always just another tool. And my mate, just another pawn.’‘No. You and Xanthea… you’re the only real bonds I’ve ever had. So no, Icifer. Your mate bond isn’t a tool and Xanthea definitely isn’t a pawn.’ I said firmly. ‘I agre
[Asher]The thing I had avoided my entire life finally happened: Icifer’s desires had reached the Throne.“The weapon Cadence mentioned in Alpha Caelum’s letter,” Yandor’s voice shook a little. “The weapon that’s powerful enough to bring down heaven. The one that must be obliterated. Could it be a d
“Ugh! Ah!” Asher vomited blood, clenching his chest with his trembling hands.“Asher!” I involuntarily took a few frantic steps towards him.An icy shudder crawled down my spine as my steps halted abruptly.‘Don’t!’The foreign voice in my head rang so loud it made my ears throb.“Xanthea… please…”







