Rian POV
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The jewel in the necklace I gave Rosie glowed brightly as an outside source of magic suppressed its power. Whatever it was was powerful enough to override my magic residing in the stone completely.
It took my full force to push back, clinging to the spell that was cloaking my influence on the stone and peel it away, then push back against the one overcoming it.
When I felt him, my rage flared. Seeing his wicked possessiveness filled me with ire. It wasn't just attached to the stone, suppressing my magic for simple sinister reasons, like to siphon the power I put in there. It was suppressing it to watch Rosie, its demon eyes absorbed in everything about her, obsessing over her like a hunter obsesses over its prey.
No. It was obsessing over her like I've seen countless tim
