Borrowed Voice · Chapter 9

The Thief Who Wears a Boy's Voice

Corvan strips every brand off Cassien with Ilan's own voice. Cassien survives by talking—negotiating, flirting, stalling. Ilan cannot cast alone, but Corvan is a mouth wearing Ilan's voice. Ilan casts through him. The spell takes the shape of Corvan's true intent: to possess. Corvan dies. Cassien speaks the master-word.