CHAPTER 198 THE NIGHTSHADE COUNCIL

Kael and his comrade followed the figure in dark cloaks through a narrow hallway with stone walls. The deeper they went, his sense heightened; he could feel the magic in his pulse getting stronger, and despite the fact that they were inside the stronghold, It felt colder than the outdoors when it should have been warm inside. He didn’t know if his comrades felt it, too, a sense of connection to this place that had been nagging him since he entered this territory. Maybe it was the tales his father had told him about this place that made him feel like he belonged, even though it was his first time here. Owen, Rowan, and Adam followed the cloaked figure closely while Kael lingered behind. He took in everything from the stronghold and compared it to what his father had shared with him. He almost walked into Adam after they all stopped in front of a set of grand wooden doors, wider than the one they’d encountered before. Carved on the polished surface of the double doors were symbols