This is beastly, I groaned. Help me. Help you? YOU HEARD ME. Help! The Chalice affects the blood, he said. My strength—my magic— will not deliver you. His laugh cut through the dark. Unless you’d like me to rip the Card out of the High Prince’s hand ... and break all his fingers for good measure. That is entirely unhelpful. Then you must find your own way around the Chalice’s magic.
