Chapter 154The grand chamber of the vampire elite changed into shrouded in thick silence, the air heavy with unstated tensions. Alessandro Stellini sat at the top of the lengthy obsidian table, his palms drumming lightly towards its polished floor.The amassed leaders, a few dependable to Lucia and others wavering, exchanged glances. He may want to experience the uncertainty rippling through them like an undercurrent of fear."You all recognize why we are right here," Alessandro commenced, his voice smooth, however commanding. "Lucia's rule has introduced nothing but restraint.A leash around our throats even as the werewolves grow more potent, the witches gain impact, and we... We're anticipated to play diplomats. Is that what we are?" He permits the phrases to settle, allowing the discontented murmurs to upward thrust.A vampire elder, a lady with piercing silver eyes, leaned ahead. "Lucia has secured peace. Do you name that weak point?""I name it a delay," Alessandro countered, h
Chapter 155A gradual, eerie wind coiled through the ruins of the ancient temple, carrying the heady scent of charred earth and something darker—something unnatural.Kalyndria stood in the middle, her naked feet sinking into the cracks of the stone, her palms tracing glowing sigils within the air. Power rippled through her veins, thick and intoxicating, like molten fire in her blood.She should pay attention to the whispers again."More... Take more... Wreck the chains..."Her lips curled right into a depraved smirk. "Oh, I plan to."Dark tendrils of electricity slithered from her fingertips, pulsing as they stretched into the void. The sky above twisted, thick clouds swirling unnaturally fast, blockading out the celebs.The ground trembled underneath her, cracks snaking out like a spiderweb.A voice is known from the temple steps. "Kalyndria, prevent this insanity!"She turned, her violet eyes gleaming. "Madness? No, darling. This is enlightenment."Lucia stood inflexible, her warrio
Chapter 156The air became thick with the heady scent of burning sage and damp earth. Shadows flickered against the cavern partitions as the ritual neared its end. Sophia Roselli stirred, her frame caught among dying and rebirth, Pain. It burned through her veins like molten lava.She gasped, eyes snapping open. The international round her spun, blurred shapes and unfamiliar voices. Where became she? Who become she?Then, it hit her like a tidal wave. Memories—fractured, jagged—slammed into her thoughts. Betrayal. Fire. The second she had died. Lucia.Her fingers dug into the bloodless stone underneath her. “Lucia.” The call left her lips like a curse, raw and complete with hatred.A voice cut through the haze. “She’s conscious.”Sophia turned sharply. A hooded parent stood close to the altar, careful but expectant. Others lingered inside the background, their faces half-hidden in the dim candlelight.“How do you experience, Prophet?”Prophet. The name rang a hole. Once, she had comma
Chapter 157The universe trembled. Not in a way that mortals could experience, but within the silent shifts among time and area. Eldrin stood on the coronary heart of it, the celestial void swirling round him, a storm of fragmented realities twisting under his command.His fingers flexed, pulling unseen threads. With a notion, a ripple unfolds through the cosmic plane. Stars flickered. Time quivered. The past, present, and future blurred collectively for the briefest second earlier than stabilizing. But he wasn’t finished. Not but.“Too fragile,” he muttered, his voice a whisper that echoed across dimensions. “They cling to time as if it were unbreakable.”A discern emerged from the transferring void—a messenger, draped in dark robes, kneeling before him.“My lord,” the messenger’s voice wavered. “The anomalies have all started. The timelines are converging.”Eldrin turned, his piercing gaze unreadable. “And how do the mortals reply?”“They feel it but do not now apprehend,” the messe
Chapter 158The chamber turned dark, the air thick with the scent of burning incense. Valeria sat cross-legged inside the middle, her hands trembling over the crystal bowl full of water. Shadows flickered along the stone walls, cast via the dim candlelight. The imaginative and prescient was coming.A sharp chill crept up her backbone. Her eyelids fluttered close as she surrendered to the pressure pulling her inward. The whispers started out low in the beginning, then grew into an eerie chant. Faces swam inside the depths of the water—some familiar, others hidden in the back of swirling mist. Then, a parent emerged, standing nonetheless whilst the whole lot else around them wavered.A voice echoed in her mind. "Betrayal is close to. The enemy walks among you."Valeria gasped, her frame jerking as she clutched the bowl tighter. The imaginative and prescient sharpened. She could see them now—hooded, cloaked in secrecy. Someone inside their own ranks. The feeling of dread tightened round
Chapter 159Dante Lupari stood at the edge of the deserted temple, staring up at the cracked stone pillars that had as soon as held up something sacred. Now, they were crumbling, vines creeping up their aspects like arms trying to tug them into the earth.He may want to listen to the wind whispering through the empty corridors, carrying a sit back that had nothing to do with the night air.He became on my own. At least, that became what he informed himself. But the presence that lurked inside the shadows instructed a different story.His hand tightened around the small, historical artifact he were tasked to guard. A easy issue, no bigger than his palm, however it pulsed with some thing effective, Dangerous, Something that called to the part of him he needed didn’t exist. His wolf growled low in his chest, restless, uneasy.“You hesitate.”The voice slithered through the darkness, smooth as silk, but soaked in malice. Dante didn’t flip. He had known they could come. He just didn’t unde
Chapter 160The night air turned into thick with the fragrance of rain-soaked pavement and distant hearth. Alessandro Stellini stood at the brink of the rooftop, looking at the town below, his palms twitching at his aspects. The globe had taken everything from him confident, his loyalty, his staying power. Now, it might pay in blood."They suppose they can betray me and walk away," he muttered underneath his breath, eyes narrowed at the remote glow of Lucia's territory.Behind him, Matteo lingered, moving uneasily. "Are you certain approximately this? We can nevertheless—""Still what?" Alescut cut him off, his voice sharp. "Still let them live? Still allow them to suppose they could go with me and live to tell the tale? I do not suppose so."Matteo sighed, but he knew better. Became became past the factor of cause.A deep mind;hhowever,ever,,lenot donnot do’s mind, however it did not anything to chill the firephave already haveing the role guys have belong in longplans have been set
Chapter 161The sky above the Celestial Nexus churned, darkish clouds swallowing the ultimate remnants of the silver moonlight.The air changed into thick with the fragrance of burning ozone, the strength from the ancient coronary heart of Lunaria pulsing via the sacred grounds like a living component.Kalyndria stood at the threshold of the battlefield, her red cloak billowing inside the wind as her military of shadow-born warriors stretched at the back of her. The time had come."We strike now," she commanded, her voice sharp as steel. "No mercy. No hesitation. The Heart of Lunaria might be ours earlier than the primary light of sunrise."A low murmur of anticipation rippled via the accrued forces. The creatures of the abyss—wraiths with hollow eyes, fallen celestials stripped in their grace, and blood-bound beasts with jagged fangs—shifted in hunger. They may want to feel it too.The electricity within the Nexus, the divine force Lucia had so desperately guarded, changed into waiti
Chapter 178Alessandro stood in the center of the ancient chamber, his arms raised high, fingers trembling as dark energy swirled around him like a living thing.He could feel the ritual pulling at him, drawing every ounce of his being into the abyss.The Heart of Lunaria glowed at his feet, its radiant light contrasting sharply against the creeping darkness that now surrounded him."This is it," he whispered to himself, the words heavy with a strange mix of excitement and fear. "No more pretending to be human. No more limits."The air crackled, thick with the power he was awakening. His heart raced as the energy surged through him, filling every pore, every fiber of his being. He could sense the power of a god, pulsating within his fingertips.The ritual, long and agonizing, had finally reached its peak. He could hear the whispers of ancient beings calling to him, their voices a chorus in his mind.But this power— it was not just power. It was a dark promise, a gift that demanded sac
Chapter 171With his boots digging a little into the charred ground, Dante stood at the edge of the battleground. The last remnants of moonlight were sucked up by the heavy clouds that rolled like a brewing storm, causing the sky above to churn with an unnatural darkness.The once-bright light flickered, struggling to stay in place as the Celestial Nexus shook under the weight of the impending chaos.It was this. This was his last stand.A gust of wind blew through, carrying the smell of burning ozone and something worse—the stench of decay, of the darkness edging closer.Dante's fists clenched, Though he knew the truth deep down, every nerve in his body begged for action. He couldn't abandon this battle."Dante!" The sound of distant thunder was broken by Lucia's voice. She showed up next to him, her eyes burning with desperation, her silver hair whipping wildly. "This is not necessary for you to do! We can figure out another way—""There isn't another option." His heart thumped like
Chapter 170Under Valeria's feet, the ground shook and the ancient stone floor cracked. The smell of burning magic permeated the air, the traces of Eldrin's cosmic anarchy still hanging there.Her vision faded, and she staggered backward, clutching the edge of a broken pillar. Every breath seemed to be her inhalation of fire."Lucia!?" Her voice hardly reached the howling winds whirling with unadulterated intensity. She could hear Nero yelling, his voice strained and urgent, some distance away.Her attention then turned to the impossible view before her—a rippling distortion in the air, shifting like liquid glass, opening and closing like a wound in reality itself.Her mind slithered with a deep voice."Do you, child, feel it? Is the ability dormant in your blood?She held her head, a sharp pain cutting across her skull. The voice was not emanating from beyond. She knew it inside her. There was something ancient and deeply ingrained within her. Her pulse throbbed again through her rib
Chapter 169Eldrin gazed out over the wide-open space of the darkened sky from the edge of the temple's magnificent balcony.The stars above, once constant and predictable, now fluctuated, flickering like dying embers from a storm.His fingers twitched in anticipation as he grinned to himself. It was this—his time. Everything Lucia and her allies had painstakingly built collapsed with the start of the gambit."Everything is aligning perfectly," Eldrin muttered to himself, his voice hardly audible above the roaring wind that blew through the open areas of the temple.The power crackled all around him, a cosmic force that was both thrilling and terrifying.The unraveling was intensifying, encroaching on reality itself like a sickness.He had meticulously woven the delicate thread of the celestial event he had triggered over centuries, but now it was falling apart, and there was no turning back.His surroundings were starting to change, first slowly, like a ripple in the air, and then mo
Chapter 168Every breath Sophia took served as a small reminder of the power coursing through her as her body lay in the shadows of the dimly lit room.The magic within her erupted like a wild storm, hungry and uncontrollable, despite the fact that her resurrection had been partial and brittle. She was more than just the Sophia Roselli they were familiar with.But she was more than that. It wouldn't take long for Lucia and the other people standing beside her to realize she was a formidable opponent.Her eyes opened slowly; in the dim light, the slight glow of her irises almost seems unnatural. The air around her was heavy with the weight of her new life.Her body ached as if it were separating from the inside, but each painful movement was a reminder that she was alive living in a way she had never experienced before. The black, twisted magic inside her was undeniably powerful.She stood up, her movements startlingly silent, like a predator preparing to strike, She ran her hand over
Chapter 167The air in the concealed room was dense with the scent of smoke and plants, the walls throbbing with the gentle hum of dark energy.Kalyndria stood in the middle, her fingers tracing the complex glyphs engraved into the floor under her feet.The room appeared to shrink, the shadows moving closer, pushing in on her as if the very power she was about to unleash was alive, ready to take form.Eldrin loomed behind her, his presence towering, quiet, but his dark power palpable.She could feel the weight of the deal in her chest, like a big stone lying on her heart. This was no ordinary partnership.What she was going to do would alter everything. Powering this immense came at a price, but she was eager to pay it. No, she needed to pay it. The expense would be worth the outcome. The ritual was set. Eldrin's voice shattered the silence, its tone harsh and low, as if he were speaking through the very air itself. “You are certain, Kalyndria? Once we unleash the magic we summon, th
Chapter 166The acrid smell of dust and ancient power was carried by the wind as it howled down the chilly stone hallways.Alessandro stood in front of the altar, his angular features shadowed by the faint flicker of lighting.With each long, steady breath, he reminded himself of the weight he was carrying—the weight of the sinister ritual he was going to carry out. The only sound to break the stillness in the room was the gentle rustling of his coat on the chilly stone floor.There was a noticeable tension in the air, as if the chamber's walls knew about the evil powers Alessandro was about to unleash. He would transcend tonight. Above all, he would ascend and assert the authority that had escaped him for ages.He could approach the item that had been missing for so long—the Heart of Lunaria. A tingle ran through his veins at the notion. The ceremony was nearly complete,The incantation was the last thing he needed.The ancient relics that rested on the stone altar, each steeped in
Chapter 165Dante stood at the edge of the dark, swirling portal, his heart pounding in his chest. The air around him hummed with the energy of it, an unnatural pull that made his skin crawl.His fingers gripped the hilt of his dagger, the metal cold against his skin. He wasn't sure what haunted him more—the portal's power or the darkness it seemed to call to."You’ve come this far, but are you really ready?" a voice whispered inside his mind, familiar and cruel. "Do you think you can just undo the things you’ve done? Do you think you can really save anyone? Even you?"Dante ignored the voice, clenching his jaw. He knew it wasn’t real, not in the way a person was.It was the darkness that lived inside him, always trying to pull him down, to remind him of the past he couldn’t escape. But he wasn’t going to let it win now.He stepped forward, the ground beneath him trembling. The portal pulsed, a deep, resonating hum filling the air, and he felt it—every inch of it—a hunger that wanted
Chapter 164The air inside the temple was thick with the scent of burning incense and something else—something bitter, electric. Shadows flickered along the stone walls, shifting like living things.Valeria pressed a trembling hand to her temple, feeling the weight of the prophecy humming beneath her skin. It was coming. She could sense its pulsing presence, yearning for a voice.But so could they.Dark figures loomed at the entrance, their presence seething with an energy that made the candles shudder and flicker wildly.The enemy had come for her sight— for the truth woven into her bones. Should they taint her visions, the prophecy would perish irrevocably. Lucia would be lost forever.She could not allow it.Lucia’s voice rang out behind her, sharp with urgency. “Valeria, we have to leave! Now!”Valeria’s lips parted, but no words came. Her vision blurred, splitting into two realities—the present, where her body trembled with exhaustion, and the near future, where blood painted the