Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 363

Chapter 363: Oh, You Poor Thing

"IT’S NOT WORKING!" Lucian roared.

Victoria knew he was right. The bonds alone were not enough. Her magic was not enough. They were watching Lilith die and there was nothing any of them could do to stop it.

"ELENA!" Victoria screamed again. "WHERE ARE YOU?!"

The air in the room suddenly changed.

Not temperature. Not pressure. Something else. Something that made every hair on Victoria’s body stand on end and her magic recoil instinctively.

Power.

Massive, ancient, overwhelming power that made Victoria’s own abilities feel small and insignificant by comparison.

The space in the center of the room began to shimmer.

Not tear. Not rip. Shimmer like reality itself was being carefully peeled back to reveal what lay underneath.

A portal was forming.

Not the communication portal Victoria had used to contact Elena. This was something else. A full transportation portal. The kind that could move a person from one location to another without revealing either endpoint.

The kind of magic that took extraordinary skill and power to create.

The portal stabilized...a swirling circle of silver and gold light humming with energy that made Victoria’s teeth ache.

And through it stepped Elena Markov.

She looked different than Victoria remembered from Nicholas’s description.

More powerful. More confident. More dangerous.

Elena’s dark hair fell in waves past her shoulders. Her clothes were elegant, deep green robes embroidered with symbols Victoria recognized as ancient Markov family sigils. And her eyes....

Her eyes glowed with magic so old and deep it made Victoria want to kneel.

Elena took in the scene with one sweeping glance.

Lilith convulsing on the bed. Blood seeping from her nose and ears. Three Alphas desperately pushing power through failing bonds. Victoria’s magic wrapped around Lilith’s body trying to hold her together.

And the necklace...dark and dead and useless around Lilith’s neck.

"You’re late," Elena said calmly.

The statement was so absurd, so disconnected from the absolute crisis happening in front of her that Victoria almost laughed.

"She’s DYING!" Victoria screamed instead. "The necklace failed! Her heart stopped! We can’t.."

"Step aside," Elena interrupted. Her voice was gentle but absolute. The kind of command that expected immediate obedience.

"We’re the only thing keeping her alive!" Sebastian protested.

"No," Elena corrected. "You’re prolonging her suffering. What you’re doing right now...pushing raw power through unstable bonds into a body that’s actively dying, is torture. Step aside and let me work."

Nicholas looked at Elena with something like hope and terror mixed together. "Can you save her?"

"I don’t know yet," Elena said honestly. "But I can’t assess her condition while you’re all flooding her with magic. So either trust me and move, or watch her die in the next thirty seconds. Choose."

The three Alphas looked at each other.

Then, slowly, they stepped back.

The bonds flickered as they withdrew their power. Lilith’s body convulsed harder without the magical support holding her together.

Victoria started to move toward her...

"You too," Elena said, looking directly at Victoria. "Your stabilization magic is interfering with my ability to see what’s actually happening. Let go."

"She’ll die if I let go!" Victoria protested.

"She’s dying anyway," Elena said. "Let me help her."

Victoria hesitated for only a second before pulling her magic back.

The moment Victoria’s green light withdrew, Lilith’s body went completely still.

Not peaceful. Not calm. Just still in the way that dead things are still. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

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