The One
“Once this is done, you will no longer be separate. Your fates will be intertwined beyond what any magic has bound before. The pain of one will be the pain of all. The power of one, shared by all. There will be no turning back.”
Her gaze lands on me first. Then shifts slowly, deliberately, to each of the four men beside me.
“Do you accept this?”
She looks to Permiton first. His eyes are clear, wide, his mouth parted slightly in reverent awe. He sees more than the rest of us, and still, he nods.
“I accept,” he says softly. “I accept you.”
Brook’s fingers tighten around mine next. He doesn’t look nervous now. Just open, raw, and full of emotion so intense it makes my knees weak.
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