Chapter 129

Jayden's POV.

The idea had been planted, a seed of perverse curiosity and a desperate need for confirmation.

I considered the logistics of summoning her, Cecilia, to my current location.

It was a test, a sick little experiment to gauge the true extent of the invisible leash I felt around my neck.

If she arrived, untouched, unmolested by the unseen forces I feared were closing in, then perhaps my predicament wasn't as dire as my paranoia suggested.

A simple, horrifying measure ...