Theodora’s POV

The Pantomath did exactly what I expected him to do. Try to outsmart me. Assume that he was a few steps in front of me, but really, I held all the cards. The one thing I didn’t predict was the fact that Mads knew him.

Seeing the warlock dragged up demons. I could see them in Mads’s eyes. Those soulful eyes became stormy, a war raging inside of him. I could feel it. The abyss opened up for him. The same nightmares, but a different fear.

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