Chapter 25 Beneath The Mask

Three days after her confrontation with the Council, Isla found herself summoned again—this time not to speak, but to watch. She and Dominic sat side by side in the observation hall of the Tribunal—a room carved from ancient stone, its walls etched with wards meant to bind even the strongest of beings. Below them, bound in chains of silver and thorns, knelt a man she hadn’t seen in years.