CHLOE’S POVI found a way to get more power. I didn’t think it was possible to get the power I sought, but I needed more. After Morgana took half of my mother’s powers, I was frustrated. I wanted something, anything to make myself stronger. I was supposed to teleport myself back to the castle and get Damon’s blood and also try to save Alana and Esther, but I couldn’t perform the spell. The supreme witch said I had exhausted my strength and used my powers so much already and I had to rest. I don’t get it. My mother’s powers were supposed to make me stronger and increase my magic. I did feel strong. I managed to pull of a teleportation spell. It’s my mind that has gotten weak because I feel so mentally drained that I can’t properly focus on a spell. So I started asking her questions about how to get more power, but she wouldn’t tell me anything even the ancestors refused to tell me anything. They told me to rest and get some sleep so I could try and regain my strength. But sleep is no

COLTON’S POVThe castle is basically a fortress now. Even a rhino won’t be able to force its way in. The gates have been fortified with all the wood and soldiers and stones we have in the castle. It’ll be pretty hard for anyone to come in. That way, we can keep the castle safe and fight the war outside instead of inside. We prepared the civilians for an evacuation already so if the vampires decide to attack, then we would get them to safety before the war starts. We have werewolves stationed at the borders of the nation to keep a watch out for any intruders. After all this time, after years and years of countless death and suffering, this war is finally coming to an end. This will be a new age, a new opportunity to make things right. A new start for all of us. Once those blood suckers are dead, everything will eventually work out for all of us. I’m so tired. We’re all so tired. All the soldiers have a determined look on their faces. We all want this war to end. “Everything’s read

MORGANA’S POVThanks to Warren’s influence, Killian didn’t send vampires out for a hunt to find Damon. That would have been a problem because although it’s pretty obvious to Warren that I didn’t come alone, Damon and Ryder can’t be found out now. It will ruin the course of our plan. It doesn’t matter if he knows that Damon is here. All that matters is that he doesn’t know precisely where Damon is and that element of surprise is all we have now. “Surely you don’t think me that stupid, do you Morgana?” Warren says as he puts his hand gently around my waist and leads me further into their hideout. To where all the vampires are partying.I want to puke. That’s the first thing that comes to my mind as I take in the sight in front of me. “Savages, aren’t they?” Warren says leaning down to whisper into my ears and a shiver creeps up my spine and envelops me into a world of fear and disgust and dread. Blood is all I see. The pungent smell of dead bodies attack my nostrils and tear falls d

MORGANA’S POV“Oh, you’re not going to do anything Morgana. Not. One. Thing.” Chloe cuts me off. As soon as she speaks, I notice a darkness in her eyes I have never seen before. In fact, everything about Chloe right now is dark and I don’t know who I’m looking at. I have no idea who this person is in front of me but it is not Chloe. This is something else. Ryder winces in pain as he rests suspended in the air by Chloe’s magic. Damon is still in the carriage writhing in pain and all I can think about is how to get him inside so I can place him comfortably in bed. So, I can help him. I need to get Damon out of here because right now, Chloe looks unhinged and crazy and I have no idea when she might snap and try to hurt Damon. “You want me to let him go?” Chloe asks with a smirk and raises Ryder higher in the air. “Fine.” She says simply and moves her hand slightly in the air, making Ryder hit the wall next to her with a loud bump. Ryder’s eyes bulge open and a tear escapes my eyes. I

WARREN’S POVI underestimated her. Fuck! I underestimated her and she had me good. She had all of us good. What the fuck was even that? She had fire pouring out of her from every direction. It was the hottest thing I have ever felt. If I didn’t rush out of that cave when she blew up, I would have been roast beef by now. She burned and killed more than half of the vampire army. They’re outnumbered now twenty to one. They can’t fight this war anymore. They’ll lose, even more now that Killian is dead. That fucking incompetent fool. He couldn’t even save himself from Morgana. I don’t need weak people in my army. Good riddance. The vampires have lost hope. They’re confused. They don’t know what to do or where to go. They need a leader now more than ever. They need a new lord. And with me at their side, leading them, they can be better. They can help me get revenge against those scoundrels who call themselves alpha, beta and gamma.I could have killed Damon and ended this war already, but