No. Failure was not an option. Give up on this amazing woman who had only ever been my friend? Never. I threw power at Danilo, pouring it into him as I had Iepa, feeling the strain of the loss of my magic so soon after encountering the void again but not caring, not even a little bit.

They could have it all. She could have every last scrap if it meant saving Femke Svennson from a fate worse than death.

But she was dying still, her ...