Chapter 457. You’re Willing to Die

Apphia’s POV

“You look beautiful,” he murmurs as he leans to kiss my cheek. I’m wearing a cream simple but elegant sleeveless dress and high stilettos. Max takes my hand and leads me to a corner booth where the mage is.

He bows to me, and the alpha makes quick introductions. The mage’s name is Nirvaan, and he doesn’t belong to any formal coven.

Maximus regards me, “Apphia, Nirvaan can be trusted. He’s one of my people and closest friends. I’ll leave you two to discuss,” he says.

I nod, and he leaves. Nirvaan smiles politely at me, putting me at ease- the mage gestures for me to sit, facing him with a small table between us.

I explain everything about the wraiths to Nirvaan. I asked if there was a way to eradicate them without ending my mate’s life, but as I feared, there was no way of doing that.

Nicholas’s words to his parents replay, ‘Don’t worry, mother. I’ll only use this dagger when they try to escape into Apphia. I’ll die first before