The mafia’s captive
Malthea and Seraphina opened a portal connecting their location to others across the world, gathering allies long thought lost.
Old covens.
Witches in hiding.
Priests turned warlocks.
From Ethiopia came Imani, bearing the Ebony Staff of Makeda. From Thailand, Tanith with her moonblade, a relic said to drink the essence of shadows. From Brazil, an old Bruja named Yara who still bore the mark of the Ash Pact—a cult that once resisted the Hollow King during his last rise.
Each greeted the Circle with solemnity, pledging aid.
“The Hollow King has never been this close to rebirth,” Yara said. “Valeria is merely the gateway. He walks through her. And through her pain.”
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