Chapter 35 The Goddess Awakens
A chilling scream escaped from Olivia's lips. She felt as if her own senses were drifting away, her body coursing with new power, new strength. But it was not under her control, she was being pushed back inside her own body.
She had experienced this feeling before, and it was when she had lost control over her power. She hated taking the back seat in her own body. Her shaking legs buckled, she fell on her knees.
Her fingers dug into the golden ground beneath her, gripping onto anything solid as if it could keep her grounded. Her body trembled violently, heat surging through her veins like molten lava, yet she refused to give in.
"No! This is my body!" Olivia gritted her teeth, her entire being screamed in defiance. She could feel Eritrea pushing harder, a relentless force clawing at her soul. The golden fire coiled around her like a serpent, pressing into her chest, suffocating her thoughts, suffocating her will.
"Let me in!" Eritrea's voice was sharp, commanding.
"I said NO!" Olivia roared, pain lacing her words. She wasn't just going to surrender—not like this, not when everything had already been taken from her. She had lost her strength, her freedom, her power... and now, even her body? No. She would fight.
Her vision blurred, her consciousness flickering between the golden expanse of her mind and the wasteland where her real body was dying. She saw Little White, burned and unconscious, his once-powerful frame weakened, fading. He needed her.
And yet, her own body betrayed her. The fire crawled up her skin, burning not just her flesh but her very being.
"You are too weak to resist," Eritrea's voice was calm, patient, like a hunter waiting for its prey to collapse. "You can either die as nothing... or live as something greater."