Chapter 99

The room was eerily silent as night fell, the weight of impending magic pressing down on Kaia and Ryker like a suffocating fog. The ritual had to begin before midnight, before the spell drained what little remained of their bond. Thane stood at the center of the ritual chamber, an ancient book spread open before him, its pages filled with ominous symbols that pulsed with an unnatural energy.

Kaia