Chapter 369: Last laughs...

Lyla

"Well, we’ve taken care of that," Xander said breezily. "Let’s see how you can put that talent of yours to good use."

"You had no right to do that," I yelled. "But of course, you’re still as cowardly as always. Running when things do not favour you."

"Trying not to get killed by you is considered cowardice?" he chuckled. "Wow, I have a lot to learn from you, it seems."

"Stop doing this, Xander," I cried, feeling frustrated. "We cannot always get what we want, and you know that."

"Others might not, but I have to. All this drama could have been avoided if you had aligned with my goals and vision. The witch would die soon, and I’ll be free from this barrier then. I will kill your mate, your mother, her friend and maybe all the warriors that killed mine. I should kill you too, right?" he paused, his eyes shifting to my stomach. "But that depends on a lot of things now."

"Unless," a weak voice said from the ground.

Circe was conscious, her eyes open and fixed on me with desperate intensity. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth as she struggled to speak.

"The blood price," she whispered. "If you’re willing to pay the blood price, then you can still kill him. But the cost..."

"What cost?" I demanded.

"Your connection to Neriah," Circe said, her voice growing weaker. "Using Neriah’s sword..."

"There’s no sword again," I said with a painful sigh. "He destroyed it."

"Any sword would do, Lyla. The power is in you, the sword is only a channel to wield it. Didn’t you know this?"

about that, but this wasn’t the place

the sword will sever your link to the Moon Goddess forever. You’ll lose your Moonsinger abilities,

Lose Nymeris? Lose everything that made me special,

as I looked at Ramsey struggling in Xander’s grip, at the

care," I said firmly. "If it saves him, if it saves everyone, then

my mind, filled with sorrow. If you do this, we’ll be separated forever. I won’t be able to help you,

stung my eyes, but my resolve didn’t waver.

I turned to Circe, nodding in agreement. "I’m

towards me. Instantly, the tendrils of Xander’s darkness around my body

hands. I thought I’d have to channel my powers into the sword or something like that, but the moment my fingers closed

Xander breathed. I could tell

not just about losing my powers. It’s about sacrificing everything I have

through Xander’s chokehold.

moving towards the circle. The binding ritual could be performed

Xander," I said quietly. "Your fight is

worth it?" he asked, though I could hear the fear creeping into his voice. "Trading your worth for a few more decades

facing him finally, like I should

aside and turning his full

in amusement as a

powers too much, Xander," I said quietly. "I am a promise fulfilled. I am powerful, more than you’d ever know. How dare you think you can kill me? How

leaving him exposed and me, standing a few inches away from him, so close that all I had to do was raise the sword

each time he did, they would not even

choice, Xander," I said, power building around me like

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