But there was no panic.
No anxiety.
All I felt...was peace.
I slid my hands in my pockets, and the faintest sound echoed in the room.
Glass hitting the floor.
Valory and I both knelt to pick it up, and her gaze caught mine.
“Endor, what?—”
“I told you I would take care of it.”I snatched the vial from her grasp.
And then Miles dropped to the floor.
CHAPTER14
Valory
Two realizations hitme at once as Endor pulled the vial away from me.
One—he had been harboring his own poison.
I reached into my pockets for mine, realizing it was gone.
Lost.
I cursed myself for being careless.Perhaps if I had kept better tabs, I could have reversed this somehow, but...
The second realization I had was that Endor had committed a sin.
And he himself said sins were not the desire, but the act of sacrifice.
Which meant Endor had a soul togivein exchange for what he’d done.
I knew as much, but he clearly did not believe so.
Until now.
And if Endor had a soul to give, he had a soul to save.
Mercy dropped as well, grasping at Miles.
“Miles!”she cried, flashing an angry gaze at Endor.“What did you do?”she asked, tears welling in her eyes.
Endor grabbed her.
She twisted in his arms, fighting him.
“What had to be done, Mercy.”
“No!”she fought his grasp as she strained for Miles.“Do something, Val!”
I realized at that moment, I was no match for the celestial poison.
I could not give him my grace without contracting some of the poison in the process, and if I did...
