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MAVEN My veins are abuzz from fresh kills. I doubt there’s anyone left alive in Everbound Castle. If I think about it long enough, I’ll start feeling bad about it. Then again, those shadow fiends, monsters, and legacies would have killed me without hesitation had the roles been reversed. So fuck feeling bad. When we…

“Okay, here it is. Fae craftsmen tried to incorporate this —” He lifts the shard. “Into their designs, but could find no way of working with the substance. It’s called etherium and comes from Paradise. Supposedly, it can be endowed with extremely high levels of magic and enchanted to work in all manner of ways….

“Maven.” Lillian’s voice stops me as I walk toward the door. When I glance at her, she looks more ardent than I’ve ever seen, as if she’s trying to communicate something important but doesn’t know how. “The gods haven’t forsaken us. That’s why you are here. You are a long-awaited blessing—I wish I could tell…

The redhead uses his boot to turn over the corpse who just very kindly donated my new ensemble, minus his shoes and underwear. “They didn’t say in the official assignment, but my uncle was working here for the I.Q. and got a front-row seat when shit hit the fan. Just got a call from him…

Everett starts to say something but cuts off when all of Crypt’s paler markings light up brightly. The incubus hisses in pain, staggering back from the door. I’m instantly at his side to help support him—and to stand in front of him since he’s still naked, and as much as I trust Kenzie, there’s no…

“Right. Anyone else insanely fucking jealous now?” he bites out. Baelfire agrees, but when Everett is silent, I realize he’s gazing at the new emblem on my chest with unadulterated hope written all over his handsome features. Our eyes meet. “Does this mean…his curse is broken?” he asks. Gods, I hope so. Silas was barely…

“I won’t lie to you, love. We’re all in poor shape. Your professor and your fae are unresponsive. Baelfire flew them back to the castle to get them to the apartment faster.” Oh, my gods. I push at Crypt’s arm, and he sets me down on my feet with a soft sigh. That’s when I…

“It’s not sexual. Not unless you want it to be,” Bael adds with a weak smirk. But it fades quickly, and he shakes his head. “I just need to hold you for a while. Even if my curse is appeased from everything that happened today, my dragon’s still on edge, and so am I. My…

Maven’s voice barely cuts through the encroaching madness, and when I look at her through the smoke and snow, the ringing in my ears softens ever so slightly. For a moment, I’m desperate to make out what she’s shouting at me to do. She’s motioning toward Everett, then toward Baelfire, and then?— An elemental hireling…

“It ate you,” he snaps back, parts of his hair drifting aimlessly as his anger seeps into the mortal world. I’ve never seen Crypt express much emotion over the years, aside from unpredictable anger and taunting—but now he looks both livid and tormented. “How the fucking hell could you think I would just stand by,…