Chapter 173

• Reyana called out to her sister with shock in her voice, but Odessa busied herself with what she had been tasked to do, just like on the day of Randall's mating ceremony.
• Hooded figures, their faces obscured by shadowy cowls, began chanting in an unfamiliar tongue. Incense filled the air, its acrid scent stinging her nostrils.
• In the center of the chamber, a raised platform stood. A chalice, filled with an unsettling crimson liquid, sat upon it.