Chapter 161

OPHELIA 7 MINUTES UNTIL THE LIGHT GOES OUT I wipe my sweaty palms on my pants, streaking more blood and dirt over the black leather. My knees tremble with the effort of standing while the wound in my side continues to ooze blood. And the wraith’s last words, about how I have lived and will die as a nobody, seem to echo on the wind. “I beg to differ.” The sound of his voice makes my already shaky knees tremble, and I have to stop myself from bursting into tears. “You move an inch closer to her and I will end you, Salem.” Salem. The wraith shrieks and shrinks back from us, retreating behind one of the stones. Alexandros stares down at me, his dark eyes glistening with tears. “Did you think I would leave you to face the wraith without me, agápi mou? I would move all the heavens and every rock of the netherworld before I left you to face him alone.” I throw my arms around his neck but continue scanning the clearing and the sacred ruins for a sign of the wraith. He’s still here. I feel the