Chapter 33
KORMAC
When I woke up, I felt so much better. Cured. But that didn’t change the heavy ball weighted in my chest.
Valance was gone.
My fingers dug into the windowsill as I watched the skies, praying for his return. Helpless, unable to do anything.
“Sir?” A woman’s voice asked behind me.
I didn’t turn around. “What is it?”
“Is there anything we can get you?”
“A spell strong enough to bring King Valance back here?”
“If only I could, sir.”
There had to be something I could do to stop this. He was spiraling into untethered rage, heading for gods only knew what chaos. And I’d let him slip away. I hadn’t done enough to stop him. I should’ve argued more, chained myself to him, anything to pull him back from this madness.
But I’d failed.
“I’m supposed to protect you…” My breath steamed up the window as I spoke.
Maybe once I did, when we were connected by the soul bond. But not now.
“Sir?” the woman said again.
“Yes?”
“There is someone here to see you?”
I turned around, taking a sharp breath at the shock of the floating head.
“Hello, Kormac,” Brigid said.