Kali's POV I thought the ground would split open and swallow me whole when it happened. No, that was me being mild and simply. I honestly thought I would combust and blow up into a million pieces on my spot in the council chamber. If that had happened, yes it would be messy, but believe me when I said it would have saved me from the series of events that followed next. The moment my body betrayed me in the council chamber, when that wave of ecstasy had torn through me and left me trembling on that damned stool in front of their cold, judging eyes,I just knew I was finished The memory burned hot and raw as I stalked down the hall, each step striking harder against the stone. I could still feel their gazes pressing into my skin, each and every one of them. Eldric had looked at me like

