Chapter 187

Kieran’s POV

At this moment, the room was already feeling so hot. So hot that I was already sweating profusely. Candles burned in a wide circle, their flames bright silver instead of the usual gold. I knelt in the center of it all, bare-chested, surrounded by runes Elder Maeron had drawn with her trembling hands.

This is the second stage of the tethering. And I could swear this was more painful than the last one.

“This is your last chance to back out and also the chance for ...