Chapter 59 Cursed Waters

• As we made our way to a lake, our boots stepping on the leaves was the only sound in the quiet and calm forest. Everything had a ghostly reflection as the moon shone through the trees. As a reminder that the stakes were higher than ever, I could feel the weight of the sinister pact we had made with Kael pulsing inside of me. Sebastian's face looked stern next to me, his jaw clenched with a resolve I was all too familiar with. This lake wasn't your typical one; it was a location where the curtain was thin and spirits traveled freely, seeking connection, deals, and something more profound.
• "Do you sense it?" My voice hardly broke the dense hush as I muttered.
• With his eyes concentrated on the water that glistened just in front of him, Sebastian nodded. "It's more powerful here than I anticipated."