A Baron of Bonds (Conduit of Light #2)

67. Rev

Chapter 67

Rev

THE IUMENTA TRIAL

I counted the minutes as they ticked by because it was the only thing I could do.

I couldn’t see her.

I couldn’t help her.

I could only count time as it moved, squeezing my rhyzolm tightly, ensuring she still moved with time, too.

I would be able to feel when she was through the first trial. The portal to the next would open and draw power from me.

At least nothing could follow her through. Only one beating heart could enter my portals.

I reminded myself nothing could happen to her.

Nothing could actually hurt her in there.

But as it always seemed with Karus, what should be, often was not.