Chapter 74 The Binding Oat

• The dark stone walls surrounding me glistened with an almost unnatural brightness, as if they were pulsing. As I gazed at the image in front of me—my own warped mirror sitting on the throne, waiting—my breath caught. I could feel the tightness in my bones as the silence weighed heavily on the air.
• Sebastian moved to the side of me, his gaze fixed on the throne. "We don't have to do this, Evelyn."
• I looked at him as I swallowed. But we lose everything if I don't. The Collectors are not going to stop. They will never cease.