Chapter 5994

The giant’s eyes bulged, every swallow of wine inside him turning to icy sweat that slicked his skin.

He felt the man’s core flare, a desperate swell of raw power trying to tear free. Jared pressed his palm harder. Heatless darkness slid from

his fingertips, slipped under bone and tendon, and clamped every channel shut.

Muscles that had just bunched for a counter-strike sagged at once. The captive’s eyes bulged, yet not even a finger twitched. Jared

watched him stare into the gloom where Jared’s outline slowly resolved, helpless to do anything but watch.

He let the half-light touch his face. He knew the effect: a young, unlined mask, eyes cold enough to scrape frost from stone. The

contradiction always unsettled people, and tonight he needed the terror sharp.