Bloodmarked

The chapter is from Arthur’s point of view as he controls Bree’s body. Bree’s recent silver hair is a symptom of Arthur using her bloodwalks to slowly mingle themselves together. William rushes to Alice. Sel tries to get Arthur out of Bree’s body. Arthur is the reason she can’t control her aether; he manipulated Bree, forcing her to summon him. Arthur knocks Sel out with one blow. He tries to get a Merlin to take him to the Regents, but someone who calls him “old friend” throws a spear into the ground near his foot.

This chapter is from Bree’s point of view as she wakes up in a memory at the original Round Table. Usually she’s in Arthur’s body, but this time she’s in her own, and the knights can’t see her. She realizes she’s in Arthur’s dreams of an “imagined Camelot,” the same place Arthur was between Awakenings (501).

A lightning bolt cracks the Round Table. More bolts kill every knight and chase Bree through a door. On the other side, Morgaine tries to compel Arthur to follow her somewhere. When Bree tries to tell Arthur it’s a dream, the lightning starts again.