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?"

lot of questions about that,

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

my powers? Lose Nymeris? Lose everything that made me

at the corruption spreading

saves him, if it saves everyone, then

be separated forever. I won’t be able to help you,

eyes, but my resolve didn’t waver.

to Circe, nodding in

a blast of white light towards me. Instantly, the tendrils of Xander’s darkness around my body fell

picked it up, cradling it carefully with both hands. I thought I’d have to channel my powers into the sword or something like that, but the moment my fingers closed round the hilt, it felt like coming

breathed. I could tell

"It’s not just about losing my powers.

don’t," Ramsey managed to gasp through Xander’s chokehold. "Don’t give

towards the circle. The binding ritual could be performed again, but only with a soul that truly belonged

go, Xander," I said

it?" he asked, though I could hear the fear creeping into his voice. "Trading your worth for a few more decades with your mate? You could be a goddess yourself, Lyla. Join with me and I’ll give you

and facing him finally, like I should have years ago. "I

Xander snarled, hurling Ramsey aside and turning his full attention to me. "And

me. I just stood still, watching in amusement as a blue shield instantly surrounded me, and I loved the

a promise fulfilled. I am powerful, more than you’d ever know. How dare you think you

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

each time he

said, power building around me like a storm. "Die fighting, or come quietly to your eternal

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