“Of course… I see it now. Your father’s ritual must have failed because it was missing a Tether—someone bound to the Veil by blood, oath, or love,” he murmurs, a spark of something intense flaring behind his eyes. “The Book of Eternal Rites makes reference to this. It’s clear the person sacrificed can’t be random; it has to be a Tether. Your parents probably lacked any true connection to the Veil. Without that bond, the ritual is meaningless. It’s just theatrics.”
