Chapter 34

Erebus POV

We land with a thud outside of a run-down mansion. Lucian runs to the tree line and begins to vomit in a small bush as I try to stagger to my feet. I cannot help but notice the look of amusement on Grace’s face as she watches us struggle to regain our balance after being transported.

“This is where I leave you,”

Grace says once Lucian and I are back on our feet.

“You aren’t coming with us?”

Lucian asks before swallowing another hiccup of vomit.

“I can’t,”

she says before turning to me. “If Ella bore your mark they wouldn’t be able to keep her from you,”

she says before she teleports from the area.

“Are you ready to battle some witches?”

I ask Lucian as I slap him on the back. Lucian’s face is still green from the teleport. He holds up one finger and heads back over to the bush and vomits one last time.

“Ready,”

he says as he wipes the remaining puke on his chin. “You find your way to Ella…”