Chapter 144. Battle of Power

Alison’s POV

A deadly silence filled the ruins.

For a split second, I had seen something in Priya’s eyes… fear. But just as quickly as it appeared, it was gone, replaced by something much darker.

She sneered. “You think I’m afraid of you four?”

A low, guttural laugh spilled from her lips, growing louder, more unhinged, until it echoed through the ruins like a chorus of the damned. The sound slithered under my skin, cold and unsettling.

“You actually think your measly powers are enough to stop me? That you can prevent me from wiping out the entire werewolf pack as revenge for what I went through in their hands?” She tilted her head, black eyes gleaming with malice. “How stupid and naive.”

Her gaze snapped to Simone, and a cruel smile curled her lips.

“You,” she hissed, “a witch, siding with the very creatures that slaughtered your ancestors? You should be ashamed of yourself.”

Simone’s jaw clenched, but she didn’t speak. She stoo