Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 368

Chapter 368: The Anchor

Seven days.

Victoria absorbed this. "And you can perform the resurrection? You have that kind of power?"

"I can provide the life magic needed to restart her body," Elena said. "But resurrection requires more than just life magic. It requires death magic to pull the soul back from wherever it’s gone. And Victoria...." She paused. "I don’t have death magic. I can give life but I can’t reverse divine death. For that, you would need to find someone who does."

Victoria felt her blood run cold. "Where do I find death magic?"

"The Underworld," Elena said. "Make deals with entities that exist in the spaces between life and death. Demons. Death gods. Ancient spirits. They have the power you would need.

Victoria thought about Lilith lying in that bed. Thought about watching her die. Thought about having seven days to save her or lose her forever.

"I would pay anything," Victoria said.

"Would you?" Elena challenged. "Even if it meant corrupting your magic? Even if it meant becoming something dark and twisted? Even if it meant Lilith coming back and hating you for what you had to do to save her?"

"Yes," Victoria said without hesitation.

Elena was quiet for a moment. " If you are going to do this then there’s something else you need to know. About the resurrection."

Victoria felt dread pool in her stomach. "What?"

"To resurrect someone properly, to bring back both body and soul.....you need an anchor," Elena said. "Something to tether the soul to the mortal realm while the resurrection magic works. With most people, you can use objects they loved or places they were connected to. But with Lilith...."

She stopped.

"With Lilith what?" Victoria demanded.

Elena met her gaze directly. "With Lilith, you would need one of the soul bonds to serve as the anchor. Which means one of the Alphas would have to go into the death realm and pull her soul back personally."

Victoria felt the world tilt.

"For how long?" she asked.

Elena’s expression was infinitely sad. "They probably wouldn’t come back."

The words hit Victoria like a gunshot.

"What do you mean they wouldn’t come back?" Victoria demanded. "If they anchor her soul during the resurrection..."

"The death realm doesn’t work like the mortal world," Elena interrupted gently. "Time moves differently there. Space operates on different rules. When an Alpha goes in to anchor Lilith’s soul, they would be trading places with her. She comes back to life. They stay trapped in death."

"That’s not..." Victoria stopped. "You’re saying to save Lilith, we have to sacrifice one of her mates."

"Yes," Elena said quietly.

Victoria felt like she was going to be sick.

"We can’t tell them," Victoria said immediately. "If Lilith knows one of the Alphas has to be sacrificed to resurrect her, she’ll refuse the transformation entirely. She’ll choose to die rather than let one of them take her place."

"I know," Elena said.

"And the Alphas..." Victoria stopped. "If we tell them one of them has to go into the death realm, they’ll volunteer. All three of them. They’ll fight over who gets to sacrifice themselves."

"Probably," Elena agreed.

Victoria pressed her hands to her face and tried to think through the horror of what Elena was telling her.

"So what do we do?" Victoria asked. "We can’t tell Lilith. We can’t tell the Alphas the full truth. But if the transformation fails and she dies..."

"Then you preserve her body immediately," Elena said. "Keep it from decaying. And you have seven days to acquire the death magic, prepare the resurrection ritual, and convince one of the Alphas to serve as her anchor."

"Convince them how?" Victoria demanded. "By lying? By telling them they’ll come back when I know they probably won’t?"

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