Chapter 132

• Chapter 132: Unwilling to Admit
• The dust has barely settled, hanging suspended in beams of fractured light that pierce through the collapsed sections of ceiling.
• The building is a shell of what it was—walls cracked and splintered like brittle bones, furniture reduced to unrecognizable ruins, and the air heavy with the acrid sting of scorched magic that burns the nostrils with every breath. Ancient power lingers, a toxic residue clinging to every surface. But Frederick's eyes aren't on the wreckage surrounding them. They're locked on Serena—his daughter, his blood—with an intensity that could burn through steel.