Chapter 50: Return of the Crescent

*~ Lilith’s POV~*

I stood above the trees, my boots on the thickest branch, watching everything unfold.

Dahlia cracking away into dust

O’Brien is decaying and dying.

And my daughter... running with her mates, racing toward the High House. Fear clouded their movements. Dahlia mentioned that Cyrius was awake, stirring something deep inside of them.

They thought it was over.

Fools.

Although they constructed their plans perfectly, managing to take down Dahlia but only if they knew.

I waited until the battlefield was empty. Not a wolf remained. Then I dropped to the ground, standing on my knees, walking toward the exact spot where Dahlia’s body had cracked open and burned.

She wasn’t gone.

I knew her. Better than she knew herself. I grew up watching her, studying her, She had cast me away from my coven after I turned a crescent and since then I’ve hated her.

Dahlia doesn’t die.

She transfers. Always has. A spirit that leaps body to body, soul to soul—until she molds the next into her own.

But not this time. This time, I was going to end her.

I crouched low, dragging my fingers across the ashes, gathering the remnants of her acidic death into my palm. It hissed like it knew me.

"Versa!"

My voice cracked through the air like lightning.

The world blurred. My body shifted, flung through dimensions until I landed—there. In the void between lives, between death and rebirth.

And just like I predicted... There she was.

Dahlia.

Hovering. Clinging to the edge of a spectral barrier, wind howling all around her like a raging god. Her hair whipped violently, and when her eyes locked on mine, her strength faltered. NovelFire

"Our plan failed."

Her voice was desperate, broken.

"I need to get back. Hold me. Please. Hold me.."

me.

move. I

help you?" I said, slowly stepping forward. "The deal was

She looked confused. Scared.

family back, right?" she screamed. "To know where your imprisoned crescent here. You want your daughter to have a home? Peace? Then come

I tilted my head.

forget who

grip was slipping. Her soul

"I am Lilith."

the realization hit her. Her eyes slowly widened

used me," she

voice cracked laced with pain. Tears sprinkled in

"I killed two birds with one beautiful, burning

"No..."

have my daughter. And now, thanks to you, I know where my people are. You think I came to that council meeting for fun? No, I came to tap into your

"No! I won’t let that

yet," I whispered, raising my palm, "you’re dying

"Versa."

as her soul

hell. Where she belongs.

from moments ago. The smoke still lingered in the air, but I

finally know where my family

know where my pack

My Crescent.

all these years... I will

be

strongest creatures

perfect fusion of witch and

abomination both werewolves and witches

before us—until Klaus and the other Alphas allied with witches like Dahlia

And somehow, I survived.

Thanks to Marcus.

his memory, I left my daughter with him, sealing away her powers.

But now, I’m back.

I will bring the Crescent

statues trapped in time. I

rise again.

thank the gods—my daughter already has the Salvatore brothers wrapped around her delicate little finger.

and her child

the Blue Moon Pack,

will reclaim New

the Alpha of all

of

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