Chapter 162

To be fed to an orb to feed magic.

The words echoed in my mind like a death sentence. I stared at the massive white sphere pulsing in front of me, its light growing brighter with each beat. The thing was alive in a way that made my skin crawl, and I could feel it calling to something deep in my blood.

I was going to die here. Not quickly, not cleanly, but slowly drained until there was nothing lef