**Vira (POV) **
[Kaarmanet, Fosliure Palace]
After successfully retrieving Caldwell's blood we returned to the palace to get a better understanding of how to retrieve Casandra's weapon. As Cahan had rightly put, going inside the Labyrinth was walking to certain death but what other choice did I have? I had to save everything and everyone I ever loved from Veronica and the only way that could happen was to go into the labyrinth even if I had to face death itself.
I was more than resolved to do this and even if there was only a thread of hope that I make it out alive, I would walk in without any regret. I walked into the study I shared with Rebh and knew something was wrong with him. A surge of pain started in my heart and spread like a parasite. I doubled over in pain and my ears rang wi
