Chapter 666

“Don't be afraid. I bear you no ill will." The man's magnetic voice filled the room. Before Rayna could regain her senses, a cold touch on her wrist spread all over her body.

She tried to retract her hand in horror, but he tightened his grip. Then, the cold and menacing voice sounded once more. “It will sink deeper into your skin if you press down on it like you were doing. If you press any harder, it can get into your blood or organs through your skin and cost you your life."

“Really?" Rayna felt her skin crawl at liis words, as though she had been encased in ice for millennia.

The man smirked at Rayna's pale pallor before drawling. “I was just kidding!"

Rooted at the spot. Rayna did not respond until the man's voice sounded again in the room. “It was originally on the surface of your skin, your forcefill pressing has caused it to sink one layer deeper. Though it's not to the extent of the way I described, it will cause you agony and a terrible itch until your skin feels as if it’s on fire. Put this on. It will cause it to rise to the surface of your wrist. With tliis on. it will not run amok."

Rayna reached out to touch the cool bracelet on her wrist and asked softly. “What is it made of?"

“Emerald, and no ordinary emerald at that. This one cannot be bought." Jensen answered quietly, his gaze fixed upon Rayna's face as he memorized her every gesture. "Rest assured. Tliis artifact is harmless. It just feels cold to the touch. It won't harm you."

Rayna nodded at those words and hummed in response.

able to extract the item within you. We want

meekly, without so much as a defiant

troublesome, hindering her escape. She decided taking things one step at a time would be

“I'm thirsty." Rayna whined.

realized there was no water. “I'll bring you some water.

grew fainter, and then the door clicked shut. She collapsed onto the carpet, touched the emerald bangle on her wrist, and

traditional medicine practitioner was in the process of producing a bundle of dried herbs from his medicine bag when Jensen arrived down the stairs. Knowledgeable in herbs himself, he recognized at a glance that the herb in the practitioner's hand was calhina. an endangered plant in Chanaea. Before it was granted the status

vessel, drew out the excess air. added two drops of some unknown liquid, then set

is this

you saw earlier is the color it assumes when defending itself. I'll turn it back to how it was. grind it up, and use it to lure the blood parasites." As the traditional medicine practitioner spoke, he turned to produce two vials of strangely- colored liquid. He opened them, poured them into two vessels, then added a pinch of maggots from

him and entered the kitchen to procure three bottles

Jensen pushed open the door to the bedroom and found Rayna sitting obediently on the edge of the bed. As she could not

it in Rayna's hand. “There's no kettle here, so I must trouble you to drink it

bottle carefully to

by and watched her. After she had drank over half the bottle in a single gulp, he pulled her up from the bed. “I'm bringing you to the restroom. Familiarize yourself with the route. I'm leaving in a bit.

"There is a coffee table to your left in eight steps. Go around it. walk six more forward, and

got it." Rayna nodded. When she made it to

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