Chapter 102

"You've come far but not too far since we last saw." He blinked, everything coming into focus. The woman, the one who granted him the power to vanquish Azaroth, stood before him, her presence both comforting and unnerving. "Hello, Lucius," she said with an otherworldly smile that held a hint of sadness. "I'm dead," he stated simply, his voice resigned to the finality of his fate. Her nod carried a sense of regret. "Indeed you are." "So, is this where I'll spend the rest of eternity?" Lucius inquired, his tone resigned yet curious. Her laughter, a haunting melody that drifted through the surreal landscape, filled the air. "For someone as powerful as you, you seem ready to give up too easily. Are you truly willing to abandon Amelia, to leave her at the mercy of every alpha in the realm? To forsake your son?" "What would you have me do? I'm dead." "Do you desire to live again?" she asked, her voice carrying a mysterious weight. He blinked in confusion, uncertainty flickering in