Chapter 466. It’s Just Empty

Drake’s POV

I was watching Apphia chat with her friends with a smile on my face. She has come a long way, and I’m proud of her. Despite everything she went through, she is a good Luna and kind. She truly did overcome it all. She has fully healed and learned to trust people- a fully bloomed lotus, as Nicholas says.

I get a little jealous that she has all these new friends around her, but I know I’m her favorite and will always be by her side as her protector; that’s my purpose in her life, and I’m damn proud of that.

“Sir, I think we should go back now. The Luna doesn’t look too well,” Vicker says beside me. I nod; I notice she looks pale and easily gets breathless. Is it because of the evil magic inside her now? Nicholas had a better handle on them than she.

Earlier, she had entered my mind without her knowledge. Damn, wraiths. I cringe, thinking that they are in her. I was mortified when Blade told me Apphia had gotten the darkness from Nicholas. But