Chapter 109 The Reveal

• Lupita's POV
• The moment Kai stepped from the shadows, my breath hitched in my throat. It was him—his face, his frame, the scar I remembered cutting across his jaw from our childhood. But the energy that clung to him wasn’t his. It was too dark, too heavy, pressing into the air like a storm about to swallow everything.
• My wrists strained against the bindings at the altar, but they wouldn’t budge. I forced myself to steady my voice.