After everything, Thea had forgotten about Lilith bringing Conri’s old body. Some traumas never leave you, no matter how long it’s been. Watching him fall, lifeless, took her right back to the event. She finished emptying the contents of her stomach while Xavier held her hair out of the way. “So

The warriors let loose. Magical flames that burned hotter and faster than regular fire engulfed the island of demons, reducing everything it touched to ashes. The shadow demons animating the dead things abandoned the bodies and fled toward the cities to find new hosts. The corpses burned quickly, on

LYALL VALKO’S POV The explosion of light blinded us momentarily, but the entire alliance felt the loss of my mother. When my eyes adjusted, I knew what I would see. My mother and the light weren’t there anymore. There was nothing left of my parents. We all knew it would happen, but somehow, even

“How are we still alive? Or, alive again?” Thea asked. “Your intention,” Life and Death said through Xavier. “I didn’t intend for us to become gods.” Thea looked at the triplets. “Neither did we,” they said in unison. “Precious Queen Thea, your choices and desires didn’t just eliminate the bigge

LYALL VALKO’S POV My mother took her hand away from me, and the vision stopped. I realized she had shown the vision to all my siblings, the Valkyries, and Delta team. “You’re all gods?” I said. “Looks that way, son,” Alaric said. “What will you do?” “We need to figure out our responsibilities a