Chapter 119

Harper

Gavin didn’t answer right away. His eyes tracked the grooves of the circle like he was translating a language only witches spoke. The flame of the lantern stuttered once, shadows bending over the wet stone.

Then he said quietly, “Something that was never supposed to wake up.”

Declan’s grip on the lantern tightened. “Then why is it humming?”

Because it was.

The sound had started so low I tho