"No one touches my Master." Her voice was perilously cold, as if there were venoms hiding on her words. And as she gazed on us, we saw her other eye flaming with agony, pain, and wrath. The way she looked at us felt like she was peeking at our slow but sure death. Nagliliyab ng itim na apoy ang buong katawan ni Lierre nang hindi niya namamalayan. Hindi ko mapigilang mangamba para sa kanya sapagkat nilalamon na siya ng galit niya, pati na ang itim na apoy. He hugged the Lord of the Shadows' body once again and mourned silently this time. But despite her calmness, the dark flames continued to eat her up. "The prophecy," the leader of the members of the MBO whispered upon seeing Lierre covered with dark flames, as if it was trying to protect her. "She's the cursed child in the prophecy!" n

