Chapter 90

• “Ava, don’t—”
• I could barely hear Kade's voice through the haze that surrounded me. The pain in my chest was unbearable, like I was being torn apart from the inside out, but I couldn’t stop. I couldn’t back down. Not when everything I loved was hanging in the balance.
• The world around me swirled in an endless sea of darkness and light, with the sound of my heartbeat thundering in my ears. I felt the pull of the energy, the power I had unleashed, and it was too much. It was too powerful. I knew what I had to do, but I wasn’t sure I could survive it.