And she was right. Evangeline could glimpse the future, after all. She had stolen my grandmother’s clairvoyance. She had certainly seen what would come after her death. How I would end. My family’s story returned to its vicious cycle. And in the end, I became the very thing I swore to destroy. "You turned me into a monster." I spat the words, indignation burning inside me. "I will never give in to this!" Dalila laughed. A clear, perverse laugh that echoed through the mausoleum and seemed to make even the trees around us tremble. "You may deceive yourself for a while." She ran her tongue over her lips, licking the trace of my blood there. "But the hunger will always be there. When the pain tears through your insides and your magic fades, you will give in, Nadia. And you will need to f

