"What?" Everyone turned towards him with shocked expressions on their faces.
Erick sipped down his cola. "I went to Citrine to take out Dominic Rashak." His eyes flared with dangerous intent. "But you know what happened?"
"Instead of supporting and clearing the way so I could reach my nephew Dominic, my SpecTac team directed me to a tower within the walls of Citrine Palace."
He gave a serpentine smile. "And you know what I found when I reached that tower?"
The room went quiet. All motion had ceased as everyone waited with bated breaths for Erick's next words.
"I surfed the blast to get to the window of that tower and found myself in an empty chamber. That chamber had a stone sarcophagus."
Mira gasped. "They took you to a burial chamber up in a tower?"
Erick reached out and touched her hair. "It wasn't a burial chamber. It was a fixed portal to the Shadow Realm."
