ADONAI’S POV My back hit the floor before I realized I was falling. It was now that I felt the weight of my revenant mark. My heart bleed, burning harshly and everything that Balqis was feeling hitting me back to back. It felt like when I died in the plane crash. *You abandoned me* I heard her voice in my head. *Second time, you left me to my fate again, Adonai* “No!” I cried, my hand on my chest, as if it could heal the pain. *Our son… protect Riot, Adonai. He’s my only ray of hope* “Mage!” I heard Sheila’s voice through the pain, but my hand was still on my chest, the pain hitting me so much that I couldn’t take it anymore and I let go of it. Death wasn’t new to me, I’d walked through the afterlife eight years ago, felt my soul rip from my body in that plan crash. But I’d forgo

