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"What is wrong with you?" His chest heaves in fear as he looks straight into ht God, I can’t believe it"

I lick olden eyes smolder "I’m not afraid of you"

"Of course you are," I say with assurance My hand snaps forward andinto his wrist "Now prepare yourself"

His eyebrows join together "For what?"

"For the worst pain you’re ever going to feel" I unhinge my jaw and open my mouth With one deep breath, I blow out a Black Widow froh the air and lands on Nicholas’ throat The real Geround I elevate my head up and Nicholas drops to the floor with bite marks on his Adam’s apple The Black Widow scaht of the crystal

Black Widow bites are severely painful and can be lethal to huood, because I don’t want hirab hi a bare spot, I heave hi hiernail His blood trickles out and I insert the tubes into his skin The ball flares with adrenaline and I suck Nicholas’ blood off my pinky The crystal releases h on adrenaline

I wiggle ers at the unconscious Nicholas and stroll out the door With a blink ofwith Helena’s plan Ready to rain fire down on anyone who gets in my way

Chapter 26

My skull feels like its split in two,on the back of my neck My body slaain Voice flutter aroundmadly as I try to return to ain control" The distant voice belongs to ?" I moan in pain

Silence

"Dad" My voice switches "Julian"

"I want to talk to hter," he says "Or I won’t tell you how to free yourself"

"Free me from what?" Helena asks snidely "No one can trap me"

"Geer threatening his tone "There’s praesidium there and she can’t return to her body Not without ive it to her unless I can directly talk to her"

I considerfast "You have one minute"

My body scorches as she lets me take over "Dad, where am I?"

"You’re stuck, Gemma" He pauses "Not just with Helena, but here Your bodies back in the castle"

"Why? What happened?"

He doesn’t answer "I’et you trapped in the Room of Forbidden"

"That’s not me," I tell him "Helena… I can’t think clearly when she’s in my head It’s like I’oing to have to try harder or you’re going to end up stuck in your owned mind for eternity, just like me"

"You won’t be stuck forever," I pro to free you"

"No!" He snaps "You can’t let e that vision for Helena Ever Do you understand?"

"Not really," I adainst Stephan and I’m sure we can handle the Queen of the Lost Souls"

"Do you reed the vision back? The one I altered?"

I nod "Vampires, Fey, and Witches took over the world"

"Now i whoever they want"

The severity clicks "But for how long? I can’t let you stay trapped in the Room of Forbidden forever"

He doesn’t respond

"Dad! Don’t leave! Please"

"I’ to hurt"

I crunites with flames By skin chars, my blood boils I scream "Help me!"

When I open ers I’ in my bed, my arms entwined above my head and secured by a chain to a bar on a headrest "What the hell?"

"Did you really think I wouldn’t know?" Alex stands at the foot of les to control his rage My locket dangles froelite stone in the center protects"I love her ht you could walk around in her body and go unnoticed"

"Who do you think I a atwith you?!"

His eyes stay on s, he iet to her? I thought she was protected from your possession"

"Alex, I don’t knohat you’re talking about" Hot tears spill down my cheeks "Please"

He shakes his head "That’s not going to work this time I knoho you really are You think you’re so powerful, but how much power do you have, really? I mean, you can’t walk out of The Afterlife on your own"