[Music recommendation: Mos Elian - Human]
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Vorra, still reeling from the devastating impact of Aliana's power, watched in utter disbelief. The human woman had so effortlessly severed her hold on the soul promised to her.
Under ordinary circumstances, no one could snatch a soul from a demon once a claim was bound to them.
Even though Cedric had been freed from the dark magic controlling his mind, he was not entirely free from the ritual itself. With the mark etched upon his chest and the incantations nearly complete, Vorra should have easily claimed his soul as her prize.
Yet the woman standing before her had accomplished the impossible.
It was as if she could command souls with a mere thought, requiring no effort at all.
Even more astonishing, she had shattered the invisible chains binding Cedric's soul to Vorra, severing the demoness's claim over the offering as if that bond never existed.
No being possessed such an authority.
