Chapter 78: Blood and Brotherhood
Kael and Jace spoke together, their words cutting through the morning air like two blades of steel. "We choose—" "—to break the blood bond!" Lyra felt like she was being hit by words.
Her beautiful face turned red with shock and then anger. "You can't!" "You're my sons!" "We're brothers first," Kael said, his voice steady despite the pain.
He grabbed Jace's hand and their fingers touched. "And we won't let Rowan die for your madness." Jace agreed, but tears were running down his face. "Sorry, Mother.
When you put power over love, though, you quit being our family. They started to talk together in the old language, which had been illegal for hundreds of years.
