Chapter 72

All the factions turned their heads in the direction they heard the voice. A woman stood in the distance with the city returning to life behind her. Each building the woman passed collected its fallen pieces, putting themselves back together and igniting their lights back to life. The people were shocked that one woman could repair the damages of their broken city so easily. As the woman came closer, Vita and Amanda recognized the person moving toward them. The pendants they wore blinked happily as a beacon of strength. A rush of relief flowed through them when they realized the cavalry had arrived. Emil stood there watching the woman he mated to over a century ago walking toward him. She was just as beautiful as he remembered. The woman stopped before him and stood there quietly. “Merida, you are breathtaking; you look exactly as I remembered you,” he said softly to her as he stroked her face with his fingers. Emil jumped back from the burning sensation he received when he touched h