Chapter 90. Darkness

The world around Lily was a blur of chaos and destruction. The deafening roar of the onslaught reverberated in her ears as she fought to regain her bearings. The blast had launched her, and she wasn’t sure where she was right now.

Her vision blurred, and she could taste the metallic tang of blood in her mouth and smell the poisonous wolfsbane in the air. With every labored breath, she tried to push through the pain and disorientation. ‘Move. We have to move, Lily,’ Dina said within her. ‘Get up or let me take control.’

Lily forced her eyes open, her heart sinking at the nightmarish scene that unfolded before her. Rubble and debris were strewn about, limbs were strewn everywhere, and bodies lay motionless in the rubble. The sanctum, once a place of council meetings and decisions, had been transformed into a battlefield.

‘Was there a bomb? How could this have happened?’ Lily thought.

‘This was a planned attack in case Kenneth didn’t get his way. We have to keep