Althea flinched as the words seared through her mind. ‘A child?’ Her pulse quickened, unease coiling in her stomach.

Aloud, the sorcerer spat, “You will all bow to him! The Abyss is coming for you, for all of us!”

Althea steadied herself, forcing calm even as her head throbbed from the flood of thoughts.

She narrowed her eyes at him and asked, “Where is Hades now?”

He thrashed against his chains, sweat breaking across his brow. “Get out of my head, witch!”

Gavriel’s cold ...