Chapter 160 VALERIA She started walking again toward the Vampire King.
I knew ithe was deceiving them by drinking my mothers blood, the one that had been meant for me.
She was confused, guided only by the instinct of the bond she had left behind to strengthen me. "Thave your blood too, Gabrielle! How can you not recognize your own daughter?!" I shouted, furious.
All the guardians were now turning toward mesuddenly, I was the intruder.
The Vampire King was disguising himself as one of them, asa Selenia, and Gabrielle's blood was far more powerful than my flawed power.
What do I do? Damn it, what do I do? I was going to die for sure.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtI could never withstand their attack, and while I perished, he would steal the heart.
Thats itthe heart! Ilooked toward the unguarded fountain.
The seconds were slipping away.
Thad to make a decisionnow.
Steal the heart, Valeria! Take it and free your mother, hurry! The voice inside the pendant urgedto do something reckless.
I spread my wings and flew like the wind.
In the face of so much Selenia power, I stretched my sharp claws and dug into the stones and silver, feeling the surge of magical energy coursing through my fingers as I grasped it in my hand.
Screams and wails erupted behind me, the splashing of feet and the powerful presence of the guardians rushing toward me.
I flapped my wings harder than ever before, flying frantically back along the path, adrenaline pumping through my veins, my lungs burning as the guardians chased me, desperate to recover what they had guarded so jealously for millennia.
The prison bars trembled, the entire realm quaked, and the barriers grew thinner.
In the far-off darkness, I heard the roar of something terrifying enough to make even the bravest tremble with fear.
But I never looked back.
As the ruins crumbled behind me, I only pressed the searing power against my chest and fled.
The piercing sound of a door slamming shut reached my earsthe entrance was sealing off, the only way out I knew of from this place.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWithout hesitation, I launched myself into the sabyss I had crossed to reach the island, pushing my wings to their limit.
Every inch of my body ached, my mouth hung open in desperate gasps for air, my dwindling power stretched beyond anything I had ever forced it to do. As I left the island behind, anguished cries echoed in the distance, and for a brief second, I dared to look back.
Statues of women called out to me, stretching their hands kneeling.m trying to pullbackbeggingto return, to prevent catastrophe. But I wouldn't go back.
I was sorry, but I wouldnt die here.
"YOU DAMNED ABOMINATION!" Acurse echoed dangerously close, and my heart nearly stopped when I saw the mist chasing after me.
The Vampire King had freed himself.
Thad to escape.
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