Chapter 27

Magnus

I had made three mistakes within the last few days.

One, I had let Cordelia slip through my grasp as the masked men infiltrated her birthday Gala.

I had never felt true fear in my life. Facing death had only strengthened my resolve. You could not truly bring someone to the precipice of death if you feared the thing itself. Death had never frightened me. I was sure someday I would meet my ma