NARRATOR

Renata collapsed to the ground, unconscious, unable to withstand the explosion of so much dark energy.

“RENATA!” Alessandre, watching from the shadows, shouted.

They had told him not to interfere, that the two of them could handle the situation.

But that man—damn it! That man was too powerful.

He ran to his woman, and all the vampires and royal guards surrounding them, though fear clutched their hearts, emerged from the cover of the forest, shouting and ready to contain the two threats.

The Selenia Queen lost focus for just a second when she lost her connection with her daughter.

She watched in disbelief as the once-green forest floor had turned into some kind of dark water, like swamp sludge, like black tar, and within it, sinking rapidly, was that man, trapping the Selenia against his chest.

“YOU WON’T ESCAPE ME SO EASILY!” She waved her hand in fury, sending hundreds of golden daggers flying straight at Silas.

A massive specter suddenly emerged, shattering the last of the