He held out his hand. I did not miss that it was trembling. Mine was, too, when I took it and stepped into the circle with him. I observed the ritual lines. “How does this work? It looks like—” “A necromancy spell,” he finished. “Yes. That’s the interesting part. The reason we conduct necromancy this way is because it encapsulates the five core aspects of a living being. And the Vathysians believed that linking one soul to another in marriage deserved the same commitment. The entirety of oneself.”
