Chapter 23 The Chain

• From the throne, the figure rose. In a chorus of iron screams, the chains fell off its body like water and slammed to the ground. The broken crown hung above its head, shards spinning, black light bleeding, but its face was shrouded in shadow.
• Jared's heart pounded. He was immobile. unable to breathe. He was prey to a predator older than the world itself, as his instincts told him.
• Emma's grip on the blade trembled. With his jaw clenched so tightly that his teeth might break, Liam had turned pale.