Chapter 85: The Price of Power
The First Shadow's smile froze Liana's blood. It wasn't looking at Celeste anymore. It was looking at her. "Finally," the old thing whispered without a mouth.
"The bloodline I've been waiting for." Celeste screamed as the Shadow's tentacles wrapped around her dissolving form.
"What's happening to me?" "You were never the goal, child," the First Shadow purred. "Just the key to open my prison. The Heart needed a willing carrier, someone desperate enough to break every rule." The truth hit Liana like lightning.
"You planned this. All of it." "Every forecast. Every trick of fate. Every moment that led you here." The Shadow's attention made her skin crawl. "Your grandfather didn't just seal me away, little wolf. She split her bloodline in two - one part to guard the lock, one part to finally open it."
