EMERGENCE: The Subnatural Chronicles
“I like traps. What’s the play, Convergence?”
I glance at the pool, its light steady but cold. Sylvara’s absence feels deliberate—she’s with the council, preparing for the scrying at dawn. I can’t shake the stranger’s warning, but I need allies, and Cassia and Renn are the only ones I’m sure of. “We stage a ritual,” I say, the plan forming as I speak. “Tell the guardians we’re reinforcing the core after the keystone. Kael’s bound to show—he’s too invested to miss it. I’ll weave a lunar snare, keyed to his blood oath. When he steps into the core, it’ll bind him, expose the brand.”
Renn shifts, his satchel clinking. “Uh, that’s risky. Kael’s a shifter—bear form, crazy strong. If he breaks the
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