---- A swirling ck vortex started to form, and from the other side emerged two massive hands, dark as night, with ws that could ---- rip off your head in a second. The hands stretched the portal wider, tearing open the breach between worlds. Winds howled violently, though this portal was more stable than the others had been. From this side, Laziel moved his fingers like a puppeteer, summoning more spectral hands from the ground to hold the portal open. ''The first to emerge was Sigrid.


    She stepped through, her Selenian magic still flickering gold, and when she saw Electra standing there, pure hostility red in her eyes. "YOU DAMNED ELECTRA! WHAT DID YOU DO TO OUR CHILDREN?! " she roared, ready to tear that ghost apart. What was she doing here, alive? And what did she have to do with the portal disaster?... That could wait. Before she could step forward, Laziel''s shadow blocked her path. "Mother, calm your rage. That''s Lavinia.


    Electra is her contracted specter," he said with firm authority. But Sigrid''s eyes widened in disbelief. She couldn''t see Lavinia''s shadow-only Electra smiling back at ---- her with a disturbingly calm smirk. "Hello, Sigrid. Long time no see," came the strange, hollow voice. " Looks like you finally tamed your viin." She added, ncing at the silver-haired man stepping through the vortex, cing himself protectively at Sigrid''s back.


    "Return to your cursed domain, De La Croix," Ss growled like she was one of his servants. No matter what, he was still the Specter King. He had healed from the past with all the love Sigrid gave him, but facing those memories still wasn''t easy-even knowing Electra was long dead. "You''re still as boring as ever... ve Ss," Electra replied with a trace of amusement. "You! Bitch witch, don''t you call my mana ve!" Sigrid stepped forward, furious.


    She''d be scolding these kidster-they really loved ying with fire. Electra''s eyes glowed intensely. So much bitterness... she had forgotten what it felt like to provoke someone. Sigrid''s face... such nostalgia... so many millennia had passed... ---- "see you around, Selenia... and thank you for the beautiful son you created," she added with a cryptic smile, ncing sideways at Laziel and driving Sigrid''s rage even higher.


    Lavinia''s hand lifted and passed over her face, like removing a mask. Her body shifted again and the ck mist vanished, taking Electra''s power with it. "LAVINIA! What the hell have you gotten into now?!" Before she could say a word to Sigrid or Ss, her mother''s voice came from the vortex too-making her freeze with anxiety. The clearing quickly became far too crowded.


    <!---->