Chapter 78

***Ronin***

The Elders are brought in almost immediately and I undergo the uncomfortable procedure of venom extraction for the transfer of power.

“Just breathe through your nose,” Varek instructs me as I am forced to bite down on a glass jar so that my canines protrude while an Elder squeezes the base of my jaw. Tiny droplets of dark venom spill into the jar until I produce enough to fill t