Selene stood on a broken section of wall, looking down at them. But she wasn't the same woman who'd been imprisoned. Her eyes were completely black, shadows writhed around her like living snakes, and when she smiled, her teeth looked too sharp.
"You came. How touching." Selene jumped down, landing with inhuman grace. "And alone, just like I asked. Good girl."
"Let Saphira go. Your fight is with me."
"Oh, I intend to fight you. But first—" Selene raised her hand, and a figure materialized beside her.
It was made of shadow and smoke, roughly human-shaped but wrong in ways that made Elaria's eyes water. When it spoke, its voice was like grinding stone.
"THE PRIESTESS DAUGHTER. FINALLY."
Elaria's blood ran cold. This wasn't just any void entity. This was something that had been waiting s
