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Oathbound
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Prologue: “What Must Be Done” - Part 1: “Untouchable”
Prologue, Chapter 1 Summary
Bree makes a bargain with the Shadow King (also known as Erebus Valerian or the Hunter) and agrees to leave with him in exchange for his teaching her to control her powers. Erebus has been watching Bree’s family, waiting to kill the Awakened Scion of Arthur when she is at peak strength, as he plans to do with Bree. As Erebus takes Bree away from the Northern Chapter of the Order of the Round Table, she sees her boyfriend Nick and their friend Will running after her.
Bree travels through the shadows with Excalibur. She lands in a marble corridor with Erebus in his smoky Shadow King form. He explains to Bree that he can take many forms, and if Nick saw him take Bree, he wouldn’t have known that it was Erebus who abducted her. Erebus also reveals that their bargain was unregulated, as she asked for two things but he asked for one in return. Now, he can ask Bree anything in return for teaching her. Bree realizes with terror what she has done, as Erebus forces her to give him Excalibur. Erebus gives Excalibur to an underling and tells Bree that he will make her into a weapon instead, before they travel through space again.
