Chapter 92. Bloodline

Althea flinched as the words seared through her mind. ‘A child?’ Her pulse quickened, unease coiling in her stomach.

Aloud, the sorcerer spat, “You will all bow to him! The Abyss is coming for you, for all of us!”

Althea steadied herself, forcing calm even as her head throbbed from the flood of thoughts.

She narrowed her eyes at him and asked, “Where is Hades now?”

He thrashed against his chains, sweat breaking across his brow. “Get out of my head, witch!”

Gavriel’s cold gaze flicked to Althea, noticing the sorcerer’s panic. Her knees threatened to buckle but Gavriel’s hand rested briefly on her shoulder, grounding her, though his voice was directed at the prisoner.

“Answer her.”

The sorcerer only laughed through his terror, a jagged, broken sound. “Even if I told you, it would be too late. The Abyss opens soon. His bloodline will pave the way—your walls, your borders, your kingdoms, all of it will crumble!”

Althea win