Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 402

Chapter 402: How Do I Get Back?

"I don’t care," Victoria said. "I need to try. I need to bring her back."

"Even if it means one of the Alphas dies permanently?" Thalia challenged.

"They’ll choose it themselves," Victoria said. "I won’t force anyone. But I’ll give them the option. And I know they’ll take it. Because they love her more than they fear death."

Thalia was quiet for a long moment. Then she nodded.

"Very well," Thalia said. "Then here’s what needs to happen. You need to return to the mortal realm. You need to tell the Alphas what resurrection requires. You need one of them to volunteer. And then on the night of the resurrection, you bring that Alpha back here. To the Underworld. To the deep Veil where the entity dwells."

"What happens then?" Victoria asked.

"I perform the ritual that sends the Alpha’s soul into the Veil to find Lilith," Thalia said. "You stay with Lilith’s body and channel life magic to keep it viable. Elena helps stabilize everything. And when the Alpha anchors Lilith and makes the sacrifice, we pull her soul back and merge it with her body using combined death magic and life magic."

"And if it works..."

"If it works, Lilith lives," Thalia said. "Changed. Marked by death. Bound to the Veil in ways that will affect her for the rest of her life. But alive."

"And the Alpha?" Victoria asked.

"Gone," Thalia said quietly. "Completely. No body to bury. No soul to mourn. Just....gone. Consumed by the entity as payment for the covenant debt."

Victoria felt grief wash over her.

One of the Alphas would die. Would cease to exist. Would sacrifice everything so Lilith could live.

And Victoria would be responsible for asking them to make that choice.

"How much time do I have?" Victoria asked.

Thalia glanced at the mark on Victoria’s wrist....the hourglass tracking the resurrection deadline.

"You’ve been in the Underworld for approximately six hours," Thalia said. "Which means about twelve hours have passed in the mortal realm. You have roughly ninety-six hours remaining. Four days."

Four days to return to the estate. Four days to explain everything to the Alphas. Four days to watch one of them volunteer to die. Four days to prepare for the resurrection ritual.

Not enough time.

But it would have to be.

"I need to go," Victoria said. "I need to get back. I need to...."

"Not yet," Thalia interrupted. "There’s one more thing you need to understand before you leave."

"What?" Victoria asked.

Thalia walked to another shelf and pulled down a small box. She opened it carefully and removed a crystal that glowed with faint red light.

"This is a soul anchor," Thalia said. "A tool I created specifically for this kind of resurrection. The Alpha who volunteers will carry this into the Veil. It will help them find Lilith’s soul. Help them hold onto her while we perform the ritual. Without it, they would be lost in the Veil searching forever while Lilith’s soul is consumed."

Victoria took the crystal carefully. It was warm to the touch. Pulsing with power that felt ancient and wrong and absolutely necessary.

"Thank you," Victoria said.

"Don’t thank me yet," Thalia said. "Remember.....I will name my price after resurrection succeeds. And you will not like what I demand. But you will pay it anyway because the alternative is worse."

"What could be worse than this?" Victoria asked.

Victoria stepped toward the portal. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

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