Chapter 68

Raphael

I watch them. Those two witches. One of the three is missing. They hurt Valeria when she came to me in my dream. For that, I will kill them.

I’ve waited all day for one of them to be alone, the moment to strike. But they cling to each other as if they were attached. Their magic makes it impossible to face them both at once.

Frustration burns as my gaze drifts to the far side of the ballroom, where Astaroth speaks with my father and Godfrey. The crowd’s chatter rises too loud, drownin