The Sleeping Heir I Should Have Chosen
"And you... you thought you were worthy of laying a hand on what is mine?"
With those words, a massive force smashed Julian against a stone pillar.
CRACK!
The ancient pillar spiderwebbed with fractures.
Julian crumpled to the floor, blood pouring from his mouth as his eyes rolled back in his head.
He was out cold.
Silence returned to the sanctuary.
"Let's continue the ceremony," Evan said, turning back to me as if nothing had happened.
He cut his own wrist, letting his blood drip onto mine, where the Glacier Rose had merged with my skin. A warm, immense power flooded my body. I felt like I was floating in a warm ocean, every cell celebrating.