Claimed by the Apex Alphas
Her silver eyes flickered—fear, rage, desperation.
I drove forward, the dagger gleaming in my hand. The silver light engulfed the black energy, consuming it, burning it away like sunlight dissolving fog.
Elena screamed.
Her barrier collapsed. She stumbled backward, falling against the broken remains of her throne. The poison was raging through her body now—black veins crawling across her face, her arms, her throat. She gasped, her hands clawing at her chest.
“The crown,” she wheezed. “The crown is killing me… the poison—I—I didn’t know… I didn’t know…”