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It was related to whatever mirage Nos had developed here.

A mirage that was beginning to shift. “Who are you working with, Nos?” I asked warily.

However, I feared that I already knew.

A wounded king was just the sort of soulshewould prey upon.

“With me,” a feminine voice murmured, one that reminded me of long nights twisted in the sheets.

A seductress.

A witch.

An evil fucking bitch.

And she now stood before me in the flesh.

Right behind Nos’s throne.

Oh, the Morpheus Kingdom was known for its dreams and its nightmares, but the devastating vision of Vivaxia herself was too real to be a dream, even for this place.

A curtain of dark hair framed her deceptively angelic face, one that hadn’t aged a day since the last time I’d seen her. Broad wings spanned from her back, the golden-tipped feathers flickering between white and black. One was real; one was a mirage. Her heart was as black as pitch, so I knew Vivaxia’s true colors, no matter how hard she tried to hide them.

What I didn’t know was how the fuck she’d managed to enter my realm.

“How the hell did you break through my gates?” I demanded as the stench of dead roses grew.

Vivaxia’s scent.

It was everywhere now, confirming this wasn’t her first visit.

No, she’d been here long before.

Playing her games. Twisting the minds of my fae.Manipulating my lieutenants.

“Oh, I didn’t need to break your gates, Typhos,” she purred as her gray eyes glittered with triumph. “I only needed akey.”

CHAPTER 33

AZ

A Few Minutes Earlier

“Cami?” I whispered, her skin abnormally pale. “You said you gave Vivaxia access to break through the gates. Explain what that means.”

“It’s the book,” she said, her glassy gaze meeting mine. It was almost like she’d fallen asleep while awake, her expression oddly dreamy. “Vita, Az. I pushed all that power into Vita, and Vita was the original siphon.”

My brow furrowed as I tried to decipher what she meant.

But it was Ajax who said, “I don’t understand. How is a book a siphon?”

“Typhos turned it into an extension of his power, one meant to hold his memories. But Vivaxia had the book in her possessionbeforehe enchanted it.” Her expression cleared a little, her eyes less glassy than before. “What if she left some sort of trigger inside it? Like the one she put in me? Something that… that wouldopenand feed the power directly to her…”

“If provided with enough of an energy boost,” I finished for her, understanding her logic now. “You think Vivaxia left behind an old enchantment.”

Cami nodded.

“One you activated,” I added.