Chapter 176 Cassandra Is Back

• ~ Cassandra ~
• The air outside the portal tasted sweeter than I remembered. My lungs filled with it, the sharp tang of life returning to me after so long in the endless, suffocating void of the afterlife. I stretched my arms out, feeling the pulse of energy coursing through me—stronger, sharper, more vibrant than it had ever been. This was my world again. Mine to command.
• I took a moment to savor the victory, letting the realization sink in. Elara was trapped, just as planned. The fool had been so eager, so desperate to prove herself that she hadn’t even seen it coming. Everything had gone perfectly.