“Ruhn and Athalar have been taken prisoner by the Asteri. Dec saw it on the palace feeds. Tharion called from the Depth Charger pod to say Cormac’s dead.” Ithan began shaking his head, even as he contemplated the risk of discussing this on the phone. Breathing was somehow impossible as he whispered, “Bryce?” A long, long pause. Ithan slid to the soaking ground. “She disappeared. You … you gotta come hear it from Dec.” “Is she alive?” Ithan’s snarl tore through the rain, bouncing off the bricks. “The last we saw her in this world … she was.” “What do you mean, in this world?” But he had a
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