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Shadowy wings passed over the ruined castle.

When Aidan stopped “feeding” the spell, it crumbled like a house of cards.

He came down, worried the few remaining servants might be dead, afraid they had been buried under the ice.

But they found no trace of any bodies.

"Looks like that Lisa woman at least had the decency to let them go before they took Isabella out," Nyx said, blowing out a puff of white breath.

Blizzards whipped through the mountain pass, but Aidan’s power kept her safe.