The only reason he’d failed to capture her that night a year ago was that he’d been greedy with his magic. He’d misjudged what killing four people at once would do to his heart. It had been the first time she’d seen anyone take more than one life with a single Heartstop—an unheard-of skill. The Eversuns had known Orion was capable of it. Reports had come that he could kill two people with one casting of Heartstop.
