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]A cry tore from my throat as my fingers curled into tight fists.The throne was cold beneath my touch.The crown prince’s flute still played the melody.Xanthea’s erratic breaths echoed louder in my ears.I hadn’t lost control yet, but the malignant heaviness growing in my head warned me it
[Xanthea]If Azum is the celestial crown prince, then… he was the celestial weak blood Mother smuggled into the Infernal realm.He was there with Ezra within the walls during her experiments.And except for Ezra, he was the only one who survived Forced Activation… because Mother pulled him out befor
A few minutes later, the music faded.The prince lowered his flute, his gaze studying Xanthea as her body tensed up again, reverting to a half-conscious state.The prince stopped a few hands’ distance from us.Lowering himself to his knees, he shut his eyes tightly, his body stiff, as if straining t
He’d been studying diseases and cures — he must have researched the madness as well.If only he were here.I knew I couldn’t save Asher, but perhaps Raven could.If I could somehow get Asher to Raven.“I understand,” I said, meeting the celestial prince’s eyes. “I know you’re trying to protect me, b







