Alex POV
The battle had come to an uneasy halt, the air thick with the scent of blood, smoke, and the raw energy that still crackled around us. I held Alice close, her body trembling from exhaustion, her breath ragged against my chest. The remnants of Moloch’s dark power still lingered in the air, but I knew we had struck a devastating blow. Victory was within reach, but a lingering sense of unease gnawed at me—a feeling that something wasn’t right.
Paolo and our father stood a few feet away, their auras still glowing with the energy they had summoned from the earth. They had played a critical role in this fight, their connection to the earth’s power saving us all. But as I watched them, a strange sensation crept over me, like a shadow passing through the room. I couldn’t shake the feeli
