Chapter 195

Zira looked down at the dim glow of the crystal. The world around her seemed to disappear momentarily.

“Zira!”

She turned to see Percy and Isaiah running her way. They knelt beside her while keeping their eyes on Clary. They watched as Clary placed her hands on the ball. It shimmered and transformed until it formed into a demon. The same demon from the dream Zira saw when she first touched the crystal.

“This is it,” Finnick said to her. “This is the power we’ve been waiting for.”

It stretched itself to the sky with a loud roar as Zira, Percy, and Isaiah watched in horror as it went inside Clary’s body. She screamed from the pain and slowly, inch by inch, the darkness started to disappear inside her.

“What the hell is that?” Isaiah asked, putting himself between it and Zira.

“I don’t have time to explain,” Zira said with tears running down her face, opening her hands to show them the broken necklace. “Niamh, she’s… she’s gone.”

Percy saw the