The bond snaps taut, then starts to fray.I feel her slipping away from me like water through my fingers. My body jerks forward, every instinct screaming at me to reach her, to hold on, to refuse what’s happening.“No,” I rasp, stumbling toward where Daciana lies on the ground. Blood stains her lips. Her chest is barely moving. “No, no, no—”Then Hera’s voice cuts through the chaos: “…my daughter.”My head whips toward the gypsy witch, and for a moment, everything stops. The battle raging around us fades. Celeste’s triumphant laughter dims. All I can hear is those two words echoing in my skull.Hera’s daughter.I look down at Daciana. Her eyes flutter, unfocused, and I see her trying to process it, too. Trying to understand what it means even as the poison from Celeste’s dark magic eats through her veins.“Kieran…”Her voice is barely a whisper. She’s struggling, fighting to stay conscious, to stay alive.“Stop.” I drop to my knees beside her, my hands already glowing with healing mag
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