Chapter 779:

“Only a matter of time,” Vladya echoed, though quieter. “We just have to pray the Oracle survives. The ritual can only continue if she does.”

Daemonikai gave another solemn nod. The Oracle was still fighting for her life. Bringing Zaiper’s sins to light had shattered seventy bones in her body. It was the first and most extreme case of its kind. Some had already lost hope, but Daemonikai refused to give up.

He had summoned the oldest and most skilled healers, the best shamans across Urai and beyond. For two months, they had tried every method: treatments, blood rituals, and enchantments. But still, her self-healing abilities had not activated. Without that, her bones would remain unhealed, and she could not survive.

A week ago, one of the elder shamans had formally requested permission to perform the Happy Repose ceremony—a ritual meant to ease a soul into the afterlife.

Daemonikai had denied it.

He would not surrender her to death. Not yet.

gardens when she saw

the watering can the moment Emeriel stepped through the archway. “Em? I’ve

into a tight hug, as close as their protruding bellies

whispered into her sister’s neck, “I’m so

circled her

in my world

slightly, her hands cupping Emeriel’s face, a wide smile breaking across her features. “Oh my gods, Em, you have no idea how happy I

tuned for more

everything. “Oh yes.” She was glowing now, utterly beaming. “Last

Em… I was afraid. That maybe you two wouldn’t overcome it. That you might go through this whole pregnancy without that intimacy, without that closeness returning…”

to her. “And our bond is back,” she whispered into

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