Chapter 21
“How can a single soul forbid a child from coming into the world?” Svetlana questioned, her tone laced with sharp skepticism.
“Do not press me on the matter, for I know not how, Svetlana,” Olivia answered, shaking her head. “But he has issued the decree, and we shall not know for an absolute certainty if it has borne fruit until more time has elapsed.”
“I suppose it truly signifies nothing, then,” Svetlana mused, a cold indifference settling over her features. “If another female Primordial is never to be born, there remains no pressing cause to dispatch Alessandro. He poses no further threat to the supernatural world.”
Olivia furrowed her brows, visibly recoiling at Svetlana’s detached logic. “Svetlana, are you suggesting that you would sooner see an entire race blotted out
