---- Thad to help her.


    Now more than ever, my magic and I were dying to be at her side.


    Come on, show me what you can do!" I shouted, willing myself to reach De Croixs domain in a single breath.


    And it answered.


    My back burned as something surged from within me, my skin twisting, reshaping.


    Magic burst forth, intense and powerful, forming two massive ck wings, like a raven in the night.


    I spread them wide, tasting their strength, whipping up gusts of wind that sent withered leaves flying and rattled the shattered remains of the trees.


    Wait for me, my love.


    Iming for you, and Ill destroy anyone who stands in your way.


    T soared into the skies like a harbinger of death.


    Dark mist cloaked my form, turning me into a deadly shadow rushing past, unnoticed, above the heads of those who inhabited this rotting kingdom.


    A world that only escaped my wrath because she was in it.


    eee SIGRID I stared at the building before me.


    The lights were out, no sound of, servants or ves moving within.


    ---- Night had fallen.


    During the day, I had visited my old friend Grimm at the inn where Alessandre had taken him under my orders.


    Before dying, he confessed what I had always knownthat he worked for Morgana.


    But now, he swore his undying loyalty to me.


    Idiot.


    His head rolled across the floor.


    1 felt sorry for the innkeeper, though.


    The blood had stained his carpet.


    I climbed the wide staircase and pushed open the double entrance doors.


    My footsteps echoed in the seemingly empty, dimly lit hall.


    Raising my hand, I sent mes toward the chandeliers anchored to the walls.


    Before they could light up, the doors behind me mmed shut with a sharp bang.


    I knew exactly who it was.


    And I knew she was waiting for me.


    "Dear Electra, did you enjoy yourself at Lucrecia Silvers party?" The voice, cold as a serpent, came from behind me.


    "Oh, so you were expecting me, dear sister," I said, turning to face her, my smile dripping with sarcasm.


    Our gazes locked, filled with dark intentions.


    The air thickened ---- with suffocating magic.


    "Why dont we drop the hypocrisy and get to what you really want to ask me, Morgana?"