Victoria POV
Victoria felt the exact moment Lilith's soul merged with her body.
She was standing in the grey space between the Veil and the mortal realm, suspended in the nothing where death magic could reach across dimensions.....when the pull suddenly reversed.
The soul she had been dragging back toward life stopped resisting.
Stopped fighting.
Just....slammed into flesh with a force that sent shockwaves rippling through the space between worlds.
Victoria gasped and fell to her knees.
The death magic she had been channeling cut off abruptly, leaving her hands smoking and her entire body trembling with exhaustion.
It worked, Victoria thought desperately. She's alive. Lilith is alive.
But the relief lasted only seconds before reality crashed back in.
Nicholas was gone. Consumed. Dissolved into nothing.
And Thalia....
Thalia was still waiting in the Underworld. Still expecting payment for her help. Still holding power over Victoria through the binding deal they had made.
