“Let her go.” Evander steps forward. “She’s not our concern.” He grinds out every word. “She made her our concern when she stole the ring.” Bardulf squeezes even tighter. I gasp like a fish on land. “Where is it?” he snarls in my ear. I can’t answer. “She doesn’t have it! I destroyed it!” Aurora says quickly. “When the ring broke, my power went into her. Not me. She’s the one who has the other half of my essence now. She… She is the ring.”
