Shadowbound Flame
Then it solidified, hollow-eyed and grinning: a raven’s skull, the bones black as obsidian, the eye sockets gleaming with unseen fire.
Patricia leaned back slightly, smirk tugging at her lips. “Beautiful.”
Gloria’s eyes glimmered with a hint of unease. “It’s alive.”
Elara didn’t answer. She only stared, satisfied, her hand hovering above the raven skull, feeling its pulse through the shadows and the ink. In the quiet room, candle flames flickered against walls lined with dark magic, and the three of them waited, patient predators, for the chaos they would unleash.
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