Bori had strengthened the tattoo, a dragon being had been killed to do that.
It was sad and an uncomfortable knowledge for Belladonna but it was necessary. She still hadn't been able to find a way to get out of the castle to send a message to Alaris. The White King still wasn't back yet, neither was Jyris.
The Queen and the leader of the four Houses betraying the White King were happy to have her as a new acquisition to the weapons against their enemy.
Bori warned Belladonna that after this, the only thing that would keep Xinora away was her acquiring the Death Gem and she had agreed to it.
Tonight was, however, a very special night.
It was the night for them to kill the White King.
They had been planning it for a long time, poisoning him slowly and weakening him.
Weakening him?!
The White King Belladonna had encountered didn't look weak at all! If that was his weak state, she wondered what he really was like.
“Is there anything I must do?”