Chapter 418

LUMINA

"She's a necromancer," I said. "But not the kind from stories. She exists in spaces between life and death, time and causality. If she has the power to send me back once, she probably has the power to undo everything I've changed."

We sat in silence for a long moment, both processing the magnitude of what I'd just revealed.

"So we have a limited amount of time," Xenois said finally. "Until Jerome is defeated and Janice comes to collect her debt. After that—" he couldn't finish the sentence.

"After that, I pay whatever price she demands," I said quietly. "And we hope it doesn't destroy what we've...