Chapter 2249 Ashes Over The Lake
- The instant the enormous coffin collapsed into powder, three ash-gray pearls floated out of the embers and drifted toward Emrys.
- He caught the still-warm soul beads in one palm. Their faint pulse felt like a heartbeat that had nowhere left to live. A sigh tightened in his chest.
- Adalinda stepped beside him, steadying the injured Aragon with one arm. She rested her free hand on Emrys' shoulder, a silent promise that grief would not drown him.