SPECIAL CHAPTER: DAYO BRYNE

The air around Riona crackled with deadly energy. I could feel the magic building, could see the way her fingers moved in patterns I'd learned to recognize over the years. She was casting something big. Something meant to end me.

But I was ready.

The protective charm at my throat pulsed with warmth just before Riona's spell hit. The magic she'd thrown at me – a slicing curse meant to cut me in half just like Ciara had foreseen – bounced off the charm's barrier ...