SOULBOUND
Alia swallowed hard, her pulse racing as she looked back up at her three friends—all three smiling, all three chatting normally, completely unaware that an ancient monster from Hell was sitting at the table with them, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Meanwhile, back inside Aidan's corner office, the air suddenly distorted with a shimmering haze of heat. A faint, sulfurous scent cut through the sterile corporate atmosphere as Phoenix materialized directly in the center of the room, her fiery red hair tumbling over her sharp, elegant shoulders.
Aidan didn't even lift his gaze from his glass desk, completely unfazed by her dramatic entry.
"I told you befor