Chapter 129

**Ronan's POV**

I couldn't breathe. The shadows wrapped around my throat like iron bands, squeezing tighter with each heartbeat. My vision blurred at the edges, turning the wedding hall into a nightmare of flickering candlelight and twisted faces.

Beside me, Maeve hung limp in her own prison of darkness. Her light had gone out completely, leaving us both trapped twenty feet above the bone altar like animals waiting for the knife.

This was how it would end. ...