Chapter 117: The Sacrifice’s Side Effects
Lily POV
The vampire hissed and backed away from me like I was made of fire. His red eyes went wide with fear as I stepped closer, trying to help him up from where he’d fallen during the fight.
"Stay back!" he screamed, scrambling across the cave floor. "What are you?"
I froze, my hand still stretched out to help. "I’m Lily. I’m trying to help you."
But he just kept backing away, his fangs showing as he growled. "You’re not normal. You smell like... like the space between worlds."
Around us, the emergency meeting had turned into chaos after Luna exposed herself as a Void King servant. But now everyone was staring at me instead of fighting the real enemy. Werewolves I’d known my whole life looked at me like I was a stranger. The dragon-woman had actually moved to put more distance between us.
What was wrong with me?
Ever since Prince Ash had tried to move his soul to save Emma, I’d felt different. The spell had failed when the Void King corrupted it, but something had changed inside me. I could feel it like a cold weight in my chest, something that hadn’t been there before.
"Lily?" Aiden’s voice sounded unsure. Even my own mate’s brother was looking at me strangely. "Are you okay? You feel... different."
Different. That word kept following me around like a bad smell.
"I’m fine," I lied, pulling my hands back to my sides. But I wasn’t great. Every supernatural being in the cave was responding to me like I was dangerous. Even Emma, sleeping in her carrier, had started crying the moment I got close.