BloodBound Crown
The things kept for life-or-death situations, for when normal medicine wouldn't be enough.
Kael grabbed a heavy candlestick and smashed the lock.
Inside were vials of potions that glowed faintly in the darkness, their preservation spells still active after all these years. He grabbed three at random—didn't matter what they were, they were all designed to heal, to strengthen, to save a life—and bolted back to the main room.
Lyra lay exactly where he'd left her, her chest barely moving.
*Four minutes.*
"No," he snarled, dropping to his knees beside the couch. His hands shook as he uncorked the first vial—a silver liquid that smelled like lightning and tasted like metal when he tested it on his