Incubus Reborn: Sleepless promise
“These are blood wards. Old magic. It’s him. He’s building something down here.”
Saraphina’s stomach tightened. “A ritual?”
Lucian’s hand found hers again, firm. “Then we end it before he begins.”
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Far above, in the council’s tower, Malrec stood before a massive mirror of obsidian. The reflections inside were not his own—they shifted and flickered, showing faces, places, moments. Flames twisting in reverse, blood running upward, time itself unraveling and looping again.
“Everything burns eventually,” he whispered to the glass.