Chapter 187

Kieran’s POV

At this moment, the room was already feeling so hot. So hot that I was already sweating profusely. Candles burned in a wide circle, their flames bright silver instead of the usual gold. I knelt in the center of it all, bare-chested, surrounded by runes Elder Maeron had drawn with her trembling hands.

This is the second stage of the tethering. And I could swear this was more painful than the last one.

“This is your last chance to back out and also the chance for Lucas to go into the portal ,” Elder Maeron said quietly.. “Once it begins, I can’t stop it. You understand that?”

I nodded, even though my throat felt dry. “I understand.”

“You’re not just calling to her,” she warned. “You’ll be binding your very essence to hers across dimensions. If she doesn’t return… you won’t