Chapter 72

Sebastiano

The world fell silent. Not the calm kind—the hush before a predator strikes.

I stood at the center of my chamber, a crystal glass clutched in my hand, raw power pulsing through the air.

For centuries I’d hunted that spark; centuries I’d pursued the impossible. And now… she had revealed herself.

A slow smile curved my lips. “She found me.”

Candles guttered. Frost spidered across the windows in delicate filigree.

Her power. The Primordial. The Third Luna—the one who had escaped me, surviving when all others perished.

A surge of energy coursed through me, and for the first time in ages I tasted something beyond hunger or desire. I felt… alive.

My entire existence had led to this moment.

“Egor!” I bellowed, my voice echoing off stone walls.

Heavy doors groaned open. Egor shuffled in, head bowed. “Yes, Master?”

I studied his twisted features. A living reminder of what happens to those who defy me. Yet I’d