Chapter 372 SAGE Visions? The word sat wrong in my chest. Like a lie dressed in something holy. If what I had seen were visions, then death had a cruel sense of narrative. Because the only time the world had ever opened itself to me like that—the only time reality

Chapter 371 I sat there while Makeh’s words hung in the air like smoke that refused to dissipate, curling into my lungs whether I allowed it or not. You are feeding it. I bared my teeth and felt heat rise behind my eyes. If working with vampires would burn the

Chapter 370 Silence stretched again in Makeh’s hut, thick and uneasy. The fire crackled softly behind her, light dancing across the walls, catching on strange symbols etched into the old stone. Darius sat stiffly on one of the chairs, posture too formal for a place that smelled of herbs and

Chapter 369 Makeh’s words hung in the air long after she stopped speaking. They weren’t the kind that faded—they pressed, heavy and suffocating, sinking into my skin like cold rain. Destiny. Darkness. Eternity. A goddess who cursed people for running away from their assigned cosmic chores. I sat there staring

Chapter 368 SAGE I stood in the centre of the hut and refused to sit. This was no time for chitchats, the time was long gone for that. I should be in the forbidden library. “What am I doing here?” I repeated for the third time. My voice scraped out

Chapter 367 I froze. What the hell? Did I just… Slowly, I turned. Darius stood a few feet away, dusting off his hands like he’d simply stepped through a casual doorway instead of ripping through a witch-warded teleportation fold. “How—” He grinned, smug and infuriating. “You think you’re the only

Chapter 366 I felt my skin go cold in spite of the heat of my magic. My mind too wasn’t left out—the plan and all of its scaffolding were scattering themselves, pushing forcefully against it, causing my head to pound. Darius. Had I been stupid to let him live? Yes.

Chapter 365 Speaking to it? The question followed me like a dare, soft and incredulous, and I almost laughed out loud—right there in the dark of my room where the window threw a pale strip of moon across the floorboards. Darius had said it as if it were obvious, like

Chapter 364 Night Talks II I stared at Darius for a long moment, unsure if I’d heard him correctly. A prophecy? That was what had dragged an ancient creature across half the world? I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or to ask him to start again, slower this time. “What

Chapter 363 Night Talks SAGE “We didn’t even do much there,” Isla complained the second the driver dropped us off in front of the house. Her heels clicked against the stone path as she stomped toward the porch, her voice still full of that frustrated whine she’d carried all night.