Chapter 118

As she suspected, Mercedes finally got word. Someone from Drakoen's circle reached out to him. They sent a message. A messenger bird came through to her window with a note. She took it from the bird with trembling hands and unfolded it to read. On the note it was written,
‘Your boy is with us. If you want to see him again, you will have to do as I say. No tricks allowed. If you do anything that I didn’t tell you, then you will never see your son alive again. The next time you ever lay your eyes on him, he will be nothing but a lifeless corpse. If you don’t act smart and just do as instructed, then everything will be fine. I hope you know that this is not a threat, it is a promise.’

Those words were accompanied by a picture of Horace sitting in a cage. She put her hand on her mouth to muffle her cries. Her devastation knew no bounds. The letter in her hand got crumpled. Her son was being treated like an animal. She couldn’t believe their audacity to