Dear Kira,
I wanted to leave you these final words, knowing I will not see you again.
Take them from an old witch who has seen more darkness than she cares to remember. Your struggle, your inner conflict, the two Kiras fighting for dominion—I saw it all in the cards. Your path is heavy and destructive. The bond with the moroi is not built only on possession, but on love. And love, child… love is the strongest force in this world. Not even death ends it.
But this love will consume you. It will devour your soul whether you turn or not. If you choose to follow your moroi, you will be hunted, for the turning brings hunger—deep, blinding hunger that clouds judgment and shapes monsters out of good hearts.
If you choose not to turn, the moroi will drain your life force, whether he wishes to o
