Chapter 613

Piper's POV

The fire in my stomach spread like a wildfire, scorching through my veins, radiating into every limb. It was a deep, visceral pain, gnawing at my organs, twisting inside me like knives forged in ice and flame. Not even the strongest alchemical sedatives Owen Frost had once administered could dull this agony.

I bit down hard on my lip, tasting copper, tasting the dark truth of what I ha