Chapter 54

The Shadow Circle's chamber was filled with an unsettling quiet. Silas paced at the head of the room, his patience thinning.

Raven glanced at Malachai, uneasy. “Silas, we’ve been watching them for a while now. They’re moving carefully. Alex has Lila, and she’s been covering their tracks.”

“That’s the problem,” Silas snapped. “You’re watching. We’re sitting back while the boy grows stronger. And Lila? She’s making him dangerous.”

Malachai shifted, his deep voice calm but calculated. “We underestimated her. She’s using skills we didn’t account for.

Silas stopped pacing, his eyes cold as they met Malachai’s. “Underestimated? That’s what you tell me now? What you call underestimating, I call incompetence. Alex and Lila should’ve been in my grasp long ago.”

Raven stiffened, but didn’t speak. Silas’s temper was notorious, and she wasn’t about to provoke him further.

“Alex’s power,” Silas continued, ignoring their silence, “it’s growing. The amulet responds to his emotions—rage, fear, all of
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