Chapter 101

VALERIA

"You're gone, Valeria! Say your last prayers, you good for nothing bitch!" Her high-pitched voice filled with resentment and vile rang in my ears.

I barely had a moment to process what was happening before everything erupted into chaos. Chase and Cynthia were closing in on me, their cold eyes brimming with cruelty and sorcery sparking at their fingertips. My heart pounded violently in my chest as I desperately tried to summon my healing powers, but fear gripped me too tightly. I felt helpless, like a bird caught in a storm.

Then, she lifted the dagger in her hand and was about to lurch it for my neck when something extraordinary occurred.

Dave and Derek magically appeared out of nowhere. One second, they were gone, and the next, they stood between us and the ones who wanted to destroy us. My heart skipped a beat. How? How had they gotten here?

They stood there, right in front of us, their tiny forms glowing with a light so pure and so powerful that it nearly brought me to my k