Spirit Beast's Vengeance

n, towards the ancient oak tree that stood at the edge of the propert

ely made his pact with my predecessor.

o be a place

y. Maria trailed behind him, clinging to hi

he murmured, just loud enough for

she tried to harm our child,"

, every single one. The most poisonous lie of all was t

is side, using my own life force, my Loa essence, to brew ancient Voodoo potions and perform rituals that pulled him back from the brink. Th

ad twisted

t was she who had found Ethan. That she had saved him with

the men tied my wrists to a low-hanging branch. "When I was

d, dead weight in my chest. "Et

was Maria! She found me. She prayed over m

t any credit, Ethan. I did it out of love for you. I told you we were ju

lmost impressive. She had stolen my greatest sa

lesh, into her soul. I saw the rot inside her, the web of deceit she had spun. And I saw something else. I saw the truth of her "blessed" pregn

speaking to her. "You invoke powers you don't understand. You claim a holiness you do not possess.

Ethan's rage. "You dare

pers. "Get the strap," he commande

hesitation. But Maria clutched his arm tighter. "She's tr

e doubt vanished, rep

of all emotion. "One for every promise I made t

alf-despair. He was going to whip me with the same number of lashes as

about to begin. And