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Chapter Two Hundred and Forty One.

DAEMON'S POV

"I think I know where they've taken her," Julia said.

"Then we should get going immediately," I replied, but she shook her head.

"We won't make it to her in time."

"Well, standing here doing nothing isn't helping-so fucking lead the way."

I was growing restless, and the delay was only making it worse.

She reached into her bag and I caught Alexander stiffen, his eyes locked on her every move. I hadn't even realized she'd been carrying anything.

But all she pulled out was a rope. She handed it to me.

"What the fuck is this? A rope?"

"Not just any rope. It's enchanted-meant for supernatural beings, especially those with abilities and gifts. If we're too late and the goddess has already taken over Aliyah's body, we'll need this to bind her. It's the only way to stop her... at least temporarily."

I took the rope. It looked ordinary, but the moment I touched it, I felt the pulse of its magic.

"Daemon and I will go find her," Alexander said. But of course, I could already see an argument brewing-one we didn't have time for.

"It's either we all go or you'll stay and let me go." Kaida said, the challenge clear in her voice.

"This could be dangerous. I don't want you anywhere near it."

"I can take care of myself. You have to stop treating me like a child."

"I know that," Alexander replied. "But someone needs to keep an eye on Julia-l

trust her enough to leave her

seem to care that Julia was

finally gave a

kissing her on

going now," I said, my patience

was the place Julia had described. I would've brought

worn stone. The pillars were wrapped

breeze, like old

abandoned to me"

in there, this might be a set up." I said, and together

hit

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smell anywhere. It was

door that had been locked. I broke it open and

cloaks, all on their knees as if in worship-of something, or someone. On a table lay a naked figure: a woman with both wrists slit. The white cloth beneath her was

Aliyah.

Too late. Once again.

'worshippers' rose to their feet, one after another, blocking her from my

not be here. You

my hand into his chest and ripped out his heart with a roar of

want to believe it. She couldn't

dropped to the ground as his heart went up in flames in my hand, I was about to do the same to the next when Alexander stopped me, motioning toward

slits on her wrists and the deep wound on her chest had somehow

at the same time, she was different. There was

to their

they recited, and she stood there, taking in their

my children. Very well," she commented. "But I fear I

choking on their own blood. Shock filled their wide eyes as the wounds darkened, the blackness creeping across their bodies like rot. Within moments, they were nothing more than

moment they were living beings and the next, they

robe they had laid out for her, slipped it on, and

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