A Baron of Bonds (Conduit of Light #2)

76. Rev

Chapter 76

Rev

THE BARON TRIAL

I watched the space where the Blightress had disappeared.

The fact that she had been able to appear in Felgren at all had me on edge.

It meant that she really could come at any time and take Karus from me.

Not that Karus wouldn’t fight back, but I knew the Blightress held more power than my love. Certainly more than me.

I’d felt it from the rhyzolm. I felt it now in how she left, leaving behind a wake of power that needed to settle back into the wind, the trees, and the roots she’d left broken and exposed.

Karus had still not returned, which meant she not yet passed or failed her final trial.

She probably had it figured it out by now.

Why I had put her there.

I wasn’t sure she’d know what to do, but that’s the Baron trial at its core. The path to success would remain unclear until it was almost too late.