For a moment, no one spoke.The Gate of Whispers stood wide open behind Isla, crackling with dark energy. Snow and ash danced unnaturally around her like obedient shadows. Her white gown flowed as if caught in a wind only she could feel, untouched by the cold, untouched by death.Ivy’s heart pounded in her chest.“You died,” she whispered. “I watched you burn.”Isla stepped forward, a wicked smile curving her crimson lips. “You watched a body burn. A puppet I made for you to believe I’d fallen.”Aiden stepped protectively in front of Ivy. “How?”“I bound myself to the Void, of course,” Isla said, brushing her fingers across the edge of the stone gate. “While you were busy mourning and unravelling prophecy, I was building an empire beneath the cracks of your precious Dominion.”“Why now?” Lilith asked, voice low and sharp. “Why show yourself now?”Isla turned to Killian, who stood paralyzed in her shadow.“Because my loyal little servant brought me the key,” she said, voice like velvet
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