Chapter 33: The Goddess Awakening
Melissa’s POV
As if the walls themselves were living and enclosing us, the lair appeared to become darker with each breath I took. With its enormous body pulsing with Damon's foul magic, the monster stood in the centre. Its eyes, if they could be called eyes, gleamed with a horrifying intensity as its twisted, dark figure loomed above Kane and me.
"Come back, Kane!" I pushed him behind me and yelled.
With a raspy but determined voice, he replied, "Melissa, you can't face that thing alone."
"I have no other option," I said, afraid to look away from the thing.
It screamed, causing my bones to jiggle and my chest to vibrate. Its strength was overpowering and primal, and it pressed down on me like a tidal wave. However, I was unable to let dread control
