---- She might have been at a disadvantage, but she wouldnt back down.


    "Fine, we''ll be right here," Renata responded, watching her disappear into the forest, Ss leaning on her, taking small, painful steps.


    As they passed by, Sigrid didnt forget to shoot them a sinister re.


    "Are you going to tell me whats going on? Why did you let her talk to you like that? I know I owe her an apologyshe made a deal with me, but you didnt even give me time to exin..." "Didn''t you notice, Alessandre?" Renata turned to him, her eyesplicated.


    "Didnt you notice anything different about her?" The vampire focused, trying to recall all the details.


    Hed been so absorbed in the adrenaline and chaos of the moment that only now did he realize this Electra was different.


    Her aura, the spirit in her eyes, her attitude, her magic everything was...


    off.


    "Inside that witch is hiding the spirit of a Selenia." Alessandres eyes widened, shocked by something so incredible, so unheard of.


    "And the most extraordinary thing, my loveher magic, her dark energyit feels like...


    a copy of mine.


    An evolution.


    An inheritance.


    With every word Renata spoke, she sounded crazier and crazier, ---- but the vampire didnt dare take her lightly.


    "If [haven''t had children yet, how do you exin that the spirit of that Selenia feels like my descendant, like my own dark magic?" Both of them fell silent.


    "Those dreams you hadthe strange ones.


    You told me the Goddess spoke of changes and help..." "T think shes the help," Renata nodded.


    "The Selenia woman inhabiting Electra De Croix is our family and shes from the future.


    Didnt you hear how she threatened me with the consequences?" "But why dont I smell my bloodline? No, no, noit cant be that youre paired with someone else, you cant!" Alessandre grabbed her shoulders, the mere thought of it driving him mad with jealousy.


    "My love, I dont know which one of us has gotten dumber with all this separation and these restrictions." Renata leaned into his chest, hugging him tightly.


    Her physical body isnt here, only her spiritual magic.


    How are you supposed to smell her blood, you idiot? Her biggest threat is the witches." Alessandre understood, wrapping his arms around her too, burying his nose in her neck, inhaling her delicious scent like an addicthed missed her so much.


    Always dodging difficulties and their parents'' watchful eyes just to see each other.


    ---- Sometimes he just wanted to take her hand and run away, but he knew Renata carried too much weight on her shouldersan entire realm she would inherit.


    What was the union of matespared to that? It was nothing.


    They spent the next few minutes like that, kissing softly amid the chaos of the battle they themselves had ignited.


    Waiting for Sigrid to return.


    "Wait! So I asked my descendant to be my fake fiancée?" Alessandre grimaced in disgust, though worse unions had happened beforeback when supernaturals didnt know they could mate with elementals and have offspring.


    "pft," Renata finally managed a small smile, despite almost screwing up royally by nearly killing "the savior." "Better not tell her anything.


    Lets wait and see what she proposes.


    They agreedif that Selenia was their solution, they would support herpletely.


    That man is also very dangerous.


    The power inside him is too destructive.


    Honestly...


    I only saved him for her.


    But it wouldve been better if hed died," Renata confessed, frowning in worry.


    "shesing back," the vampire whispered to her.