A Contract With My Demon
It was vibrating so hard it was humming—a low-frequency thrum that made the very marrow of her bones ache.
"The Ninth Circle is the 'Circle of Betrayal,'" Vane warned, grabbing her wrist. "In the Ninth, your own shadow will try to choke you. Your memories will turn into daggers. If we go down there without a tether, we won't just die. We'll be rewritten."
"He has my sister, Vane," Elara said, her eyes flashing with a spark of the old violet fire—only now, it was edged with a cold, iron grey. "The Ninth can have my soul. I just want her back."