Chapter 95: The New Balance
The hunger in the entity's emotions hit Liana like a punch to the gut. Her eyes snapped open, meeting his silver gaze that suddenly seemed far too bright, far too eager.
"You felt it too," he whispered, and his smile was nothing like the grateful look she expected. "The power flowing through all these linked souls. It's amazing."
Around them, the network began to pulse with worry as other souls sensed the shift.
The cracks in reality spread, spilling shadows that reached toward the mountain with greedy fingers. "You're not healed," Liana realized, her words cutting through the chaos. "You're just better at hiding the corruption." The entity's laugh echoed across worlds. "Healing was never the goal, little Luna.
