CHAPTER 102"Amaria? The bulb—it’s glowing."Luthiel’s voice cracked through the Hall of Ascendancy like a whip. Amaria, standing at the high end of the chamber, turned immediately. The crystal bulb, nestled in the mouth of the sacred basin, pulsed with an unnatural crimson light."That’s a death flare," Samael whispered from the shadows, his wings folding in tight. "Only one person had a tether to that bulb."Amaria was already descending the steps."Serros," she murmured.The moment her fingers touched the rim of the basin, the bulb flared brighter and cast a ghostly projection into the air—Serros, bloodied."Oh gods," muttered Zevran."Silence," Amaria ordered.Serros staggered forward in the projection, glancing toward them as though he could see through time."If this reaches you," he said, voice wet and broken but steady, "it means I failed. He’s not coming. He’s already here."The air behind him rippled—dark, almost alive."Who is he talking about?" one of the younger scribes a
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