Chapter 116

I held Puppy tightly in my arms, feeling her limp body pressed against mine. Her chest rose with each breath, but her glowing eyes were closed. It had been a while now.

The back of my fingers brushed her cheek. “Pup,” I whispered, worried. She hummed softly in response, but she didn’t open her eyes.

The one responsible, that sick Soothsayer, just sat there and watched me without doing a single thing—like all of this was normal to him.

Pissed, I met Aelius’s gaze. “What did you do to her?”

Aelius took a breath, looking around the cage. His eyes, which had been white before, had already dimmed to their original color. “Let her be,” he spoke. “She’s fine. She’s dreaming.”

“Dreaming?” I spat, narrowing my eyes at him. “You made her like this. She’s not dreaming—what did you do to her?”

“She’s in the Veil,” Aelius raised his voice slightly, as if that explanation made things better.

The Veil?

What the hell was that supposed to mean?