Chapter 30

The next week had me fussing over the metal band around my neck. Turning this way and that before the mirror, I took in the restraint with no little amount of frustration. This had to go. If it didn't, then I wouldn't either.

Hecate had to know this was going to happen, so I had to wonder why she'd even given me my gift in the first place--a gift that'll prove useless in the grand scheme of things. Surely she hadn't given it to me because she wanted me to spy into Lan's memories? To see that at some point he was merely an innocent boy...

Until something changed him, and I would give anything to know what it was exactly.

I huffed out a breath in defeat. This past week I hadn't had any dreams from Tabitha or from Lan's past, in fact, I could barely remember the things I'd even dreamt about.

A groan escaped me when I pulled at the choker forcefully and it only served to cut into my skin. A bite of pain radiated down my neck and I craned my head, listening to my bones crack. Just when my