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    A GIFT FROM YOUR LITTLE SISTER NARRATOR But after only a few steps, Sigrid copsed to her knees again.


    The sound of the forbidden chants forced their way into her mind through her ears.


    Where was iting from? Damn it! BEHIND HER! Sigrid rolled, barely avoiding the treacherous sneak attack.


    Crouched low in the grass, she spotted her emerging from the dark shroud of the pinesit was that wretched Drusi.


    She was the one filling the air with those curses that were driving Electra insane.


    Sigrid stumbled forward, trying to summon her magic, but when she cast a spell, it failed.


    It wasnt that Drusi was growing strongerit was her.


    Sigrid was struggling more and more to maintain control over the body she had stolen.


    Drusi held the Book of Risorgimento in her hands.


    She was reading that ancient spell from it, and Sigrid knew exactly what it wasshe was trying to trap her inside Electras body.


    That was why she was losing the battle.


    And to make matters worse, Drusi suddenly yanked on a chain she held in her grip.


    ---- A trembling, naked body, eyes nk,pletely spellbound and obedient, stumbled forward from behind the witch.


    No...no, damn it, NO! She had only confided in Renata and Alessandre that she believed this ve was Electras soulmate.


    She had been too trusting in the end, and they had betrayed her in every possible way! Sigrid clutched at Electras chest, on the verge of a heart attack, as Drusi summoned a dagger in her hand and aimed it at the man by her sidelike amb to the ughter.


    No! sigrid screamed, summoning a spear and hurling it desperately at Drusi.


    Her hands trembled, losing control over all her limbs.


    It seemed like it would hit its mark.


    But at thest second, Drusi made the dagger disappear, yanked the chain, and used Electras mate as a shield The sharp tip of the magical weapon buried itself in the man''s heart, tearing a sharp scream from his lips.


    His poor, battered body couldnt take any more.


    And so, atst, his suffering in this world came to an end.


    In his final moments, a sky-blue light flickered in his tear-filled eyes as they met Sigrids.