os, the bi

he memory of Lily,

that hung over us, a

entinel duties, m

the unspoken knowledge of her own ca

ent to protect her

on had cost m

the box, I found

issolution

afted it thr

orced the Binding Allian

ent, not the desperate measure it was to shield h

submitte

till clung to the pact, to

imply wanted to

mbled as I

lready there, dated

und

nality, I signed m

the Sent

e, at leas

e with the si

ed, then narro

you done?"

u started," I said,

hed it fr

ing without the E

g a strange sense of calm. "B

correspondence on my desk, a simple

with her, aren' t you?" Chl

e, abandon Julian, just when

yone, Chloe," I said.

be at my wedding, Ethan. You ow

rying to contro

the weddi

grand hall of the Sentinel

presence a quiet reas

kept darting towards me, a str

s wedding attire, appr

he smirked, the Warding Char

aned

oe told me abou

od ran

an continued, his voice

n, their isolation

ing the words h

ied they knew too much, worried the

ou know. Pulled the strings. Made s

oe? Responsible for

manipulation, it was beyond