Chapter 103: The Spirit World

Serena POV

Isolde said the first rule was breathing.

Not magic. Not symbols. Not power.

Breathing.

Leo sat cross-legged on the woven mat in the solarium, his small back painfully straight, hands resting on his knees the way Isolde had shown him. Sunlight filtered through the high windows, catching dust motes that drifted like tiny stars. He looked impossibly small in the center of the room, surrounded by runes etched into the stone floor, protective charms ...