DANTE’S POV

A few more moments had passed, Sam had successfully calmed me and Elara had left too. The room felt suffocatingly still. My mind was still tangled, but my body was tense.

Like something struck, I turned quickly to Sam.

“Sam, tell me, tell me everything you heard, everything you saw while you were there at Magnus's,” I demanded, my voice interrupting the quietness of a few minutes ago.

He held up a hand, steady and calm. “I will, but you have to be completely ...