The Alpha's Obsession
My own chest splintered with sorrow, but the battle was not yet won.
Vlad hissed, his body convulsing as the ritual bound him. Dark tendrils recoiled from him like wounded serpents. “No!” he shrieked, his form flickering, unstable.
The twins, still within the protective barrier, raised their small hands instinctively. Power surged between them, their eyes glowing silver. Energy erupted, twin beams of moonlight slamming into Vlad with the force of the goddess herself.
He screamed—a sound that curdled the air—as his body writhed, torn apart by light and sacrifice.