CHAPTER 91: THE LUNAR QUEEN AWAKENSThe vault was silent, except for the low, rhythmic hum of the energy transfer. Dante lay at my feet, his chest barely moving, the bronze light of his skin completely extinguished. He had offered himself up as a bridge, thinking he was saving our child, but he had only provided the path for the Moon to colonize her soul."You used us," I whispered, the words feeling like shards of glass in my throat."I used the resources available, Zora," Serafina replied, her voice back to that terrifying, crystalline bell-tone. "The White Wolf was a rabid animal. My people needed a Sovereign, not a butcher. And who better than a child born of the 'Earth-Soul' and the 'Alpha-Void'? She is the perfect vessel."Zora-Aethel hovered above the surgical cradle. Her dark skin was now etched with glowing, white-mercury veins. The "Lagos-grit" curls of her hair were standing on end, vibrating with a lunar frequency that made my teeth ache. When she opened her eyes, there wa
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