Cain walked out from a side room then holding a dagger and handed it to Kai.
“Trust her, she knows what she’s doing,” Cain said, and Kai sighed, looking between me, Derik, and Brax.
“We need her linked before the Summit. I don’t see any other choice, and unless any of you do, I’m making the promise,” Kai said, pausing with the blade in his hand, ready to cut.
Derik narrowed his eyes, then gave a single nod. Brax clenched his jaw and glared as he gave the tiniest agreement.
Kai cut his hand.
His blood poured from the cut and onto his hand before his skin absorbed it and it became perfect calligraphy across his forearm. It looked like it burned, as Kai’s jaw clenched.
Derik cut next, then Brax. As soon as the oath was on them all, it sank into their skin and disappeared.
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