Emma's POV.
The air was filled with a thick, palpable atmosphere. I could almost taste the anticipation.
Everything else fell silent. The wind, the lake, the birds, everything. It felt like the Goddess herself was watching us with bated breath. Like the past two years has been a build-up to the main event.
In my heart, I knew that things were always meant to end up like this. Like Joseph and I were always meant to face-off like this. One of us was always meant to end up killing the other.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that there was no other possible way for our story to end. It was always supposed to be like this.
Without another second's hesitation, I lunged forward and charged at Joseph. He did the same, and we met each other in the middle. We collided head on i
