Chapter 157

OPHELIA 26 MINUTES BEFORE THE LIGHT GOES OUT Nazeel grips my forearm while clutching her wounded thigh. She glances at the carnage surrounding us. “Ophelia. I was wrong.” I blink a drop of sweat from my eye and focus on the plea in her eyes. The chaos goes on unfolding around us. A battle cry from one of the undead pierces my ears, and I sense him drawing near, but between us, Nazeel and I form a protective force field around ourselves, and his shadowy sword strikes against it. “Wrong about what?” “If we cannot send the wraith back to the netherworld and close the portal, then he must be killed.” “So how do we kill him? And what were you wrong about?” Her vibrant green eyes shimmer with unshed tears, and she places a bloodied hand on my cheek. “I thought your destiny was to reign, Chosen One. I thought Lucian was the light who would swallow up the dark.” Realization hits me in a rolling wave, slowly settling into every cell of my being. I think I always knew this is how it would end. T