Luna's divine inheritance blazed with the power of forty-seven willing sacrifices, but the strain of channeling so much spiritual energy was taking its toll on her physical form. As she stood in the clearing surrounded by her pack family, silver light began to flicker erratically around her body, and Victor felt alarm spike through their bond as he sensed the extent of her injuries.
"Luna," Victor said urgently, his vampire senses detecting the cellular damage caused by the void corruption and the subsequent spiritual purification. "Your body is breaking down. The mortal form wasn't designed to channel this level of divine energy."
Luna looked down at her hands, seeing the way her skin seemed to pulse with barely contained power. The freely given energy of the harvested candidates had cl
