Chapter 186 Out Of The Afterlife

• ~ Elara ~
• The abyss in the afterlife felt eternal. I sat there, curled up in the oppressive darkness that wrapped around me like a suffocating blanket. It was hard to tell how long I had been trapped. Days? Weeks? The flow of time meant nothing here. The weight of my fear and helplessness seemed to crush the air from my lungs. I was stuck, powerless, watching the shadows shift and swirl around me, whispering nothing but silence.
• Cassandra had taken everything from me—my body, my life, my mates, the world I had fought so hard to protect. Every passing moment felt like another piece of my soul being stolen by the darkness. I couldn’t stop thinking about the destruction she was unleashing. How far had she taken her madness? Was anyone out there, anyone at all, able to stop her?