Bound by Blood and Fate

darkness that weren't entirely his own. His heartbeat pounded, not from exert

Not

he

o suppress the force clawing a

rse to

ted. The relic inside him flared with power, an ancient hunger seeping into his bo

htened aroun

to finish

ga

snapped towa

ere sh

gi

dim torchlight, her wi

ed. She wasn't su

as someone who didn't belong in a place like this. He could see the ris

he di

e took a st

had him now, his mind tangled in the relic's grip. He could feel its whisp

gger l

parted, her voi

u're i

h

ind was screaming, his instincts demanding he push

couldn'

ully, cautiously, like someone

el...

idn't threaten. He just stood there, trembling, his bo

e raised

m, her touch barely there. A strange warmth bloomed where

hesitated. "You'

eal

had

e approach a man like h

gh and strained. "You don

ough," she

r eyes made his

sn't a

tr

uld hav

of the curse, the overwhelming urge to

ged through him, s

ees bu

ould stop himse

into h

ra's

gods' names

they saw the assassin. She should have turned back the second she noticed the f

he ha

ked at him, she didn

someone

ide her refused to let

sweat on his skin. She could feel the raw magic pulsing beneat

s suf

e coul

. She had seen magic do terrible things before. She had witnessed

't just d

was t

p on him, pressing he

gic st

felt the sting as she called it forth. Energy thrummed between them,

let out a shu

the tension easi

wallowe

hould

run before

ead, she

told her this was

errified her more