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Tears burned hot in Meredith's eyes at the brutal truth of Enzo's words.

She had failed - failed utterly to protect Knox, failed to prevent this future from becoming their new reality.

Deep in her soul, she could feel the ancient spirits of Queen Minerva and Princess Myra weeping bitter tears of sorrow and regret. Their sacred bloodline, their eternal legacy was now irrevocably tainted by this unraveling of fate.

A choked sound somewhere between a sob and a bitter peal of laughter escaped her lips when Sahar's severed head came rolling to a stop at her feet with her dead eyes still holding a mocking glint of triumph even in death.

The twisted wench had achieved her ultimate goal - to bring about the utter ruination of their legacy, the destruction of every last Cavalieri-Delgaard dynasty.

All around them, the battle raged on with no end in sight, the air thick with the sights, sounds and smells of death.

Killian's towering Lycan form, battered and bleeding from a thousand savage