“Why did Nyktos awaken?” Reaver’s head swung in my direction. Those ultra-bright eyes were unnerving even with the distance between us. “I believe it was when you were born. It was felt.” I hadn’t known that. He returned his gaze to the sky. “That was when we learned that both Malec and Ires were gone. As was…Jade.” It took me a moment to realize that he spoke of Jadis—Nektas’s daughter.

