Chapter 5: Eclipse of the Sacred Heart

Elena's Perspective: The Blood - Red Dawn in the Blizzard

Cain's fangs were deeply embedded in Elena's carotid artery, and the sound of blood - sucking was like a cruel lullaby. Her wolf claws dug tightly into his back. The Nightborne blood and vampire toxin formed a violent vortex within their bodies. The mechanical wings of Lucifer slowly closed overhead, and Lane's wild laughter intertwined with the cries of the hybrid children, sounding like a hellish chorus.

"Bite deeper..." Elena sneered hoarsely in the intense pain, allowing Cain's fingertips to pierce into her shoulder blade. "Otherwise, how can you make up for the stab you gave me in the past life?"

The memories of three hundred years ago were completely unsealed in the blending of blood. Cain had once been Lillian's most loyal werewolf bodyguard, but was brainwashed by the Holy See during the Blood Moon Marriage ceremony. The silver claws in his hand pierced through Lillian's heart, but he regained his consciousness because of the crying of the infant Elena. Eventually, he used a forbidden spell to seal the souls of the mother - daughter duo into the Blood Moon Stone.

Suddenly, the mechanical core of Lucifer let out a shrill scream. Lillian's corpse crawled out from the forehead of the angel, and her withered fingers caressed Elena's cheek. "My child... Offer your heart to Lord Lucifer..."

Elena's pupils contracted sharply in shock. Two Blood Moon Stones were embedded in her mother's eye sockets, and Lane's cross - shaped necklace extended from her cervical vertebra, like silver threads操纵 a puppet.

Cain's Perspective: The Confession of the God - Slayer

The desire to suck blood dissipated the moment it touched Elena's memories. Cain trembled as he pulled out his fangs. The bloodstains at the corners of his mouth were still fresh, and the person in his arms had half - wolfed due to excessive blood loss. Her left ear had turned into a wolf's shape, while the bone patterns of a vampire emerged on her right face. At this moment, the laser cannon of Lucifer was fully charged, and a blazing white beam of light shot straight towards Elena.

The body reacted faster than the consciousness. Cain hugged Elena and rolled into the crack of the catacomb. The intense pain of the laser grazing his back made him roar. The vampire - transformed skin carbonized and peeled off under the high temperature, revealing the newly - grown werewolf fur underneath. The racial mutation was irreversible.

Selena's roar came from above. Transformed into a bone - spur monster, she shattered the dome and spat out a blood mist that corroded everything. Her chest cavity was exposed, and the blood ring was beating in the position of her original heart. "You said you would always protect me... Now, go to hell with me!"

Suddenly, the messenger crow of Witch Maggie dived down, holding a half - piece of the Blood Moon Stone in its claws. "Smear your blood on the stone! It's Lillian's..." Before it could finish speaking, the crow was vaporized by the laser.

Elena crushed the Blood Moon Stone, and the sharp edges cut her palm. When the blood of her and Cain simultaneously soaked the fragment, Lillian inside Lucifer suddenly froze, and the mechanical wings of the angel began to disintegrate.

"Mom..." Elena leaped onto Lucifer's shoulder and stabbed her wolf claws into the control cabin on her mother's chest. "This time, it's my turn to free you."

The mummified body of Lillian regained flesh and blood the moment it touched her daughter's blood. Her remaining consciousness turned into a gentle force field, wrapping around all the hybrid children. The chips around their necks fell off one after another and converged into a starry river, integrating into the Blood Moon Stone.

"No!" The cross tattoo on Lane burst out with blood, and his skin aged rapidly. "My Lord Lucifer needs energy..."

Cain's silver claws pierced through Lane's chest, but the mechanical heart he dug out showed a countdown: 00:00:15.

"It's the life countdown of all the hybrid children in the city." Maggie's voice came from outside the ruins. "The overload of the energy tower will turn them into ashes!"

Elena picked up the unconscious hybrid girl and jumped off the high tower. Cain pushed her into the air - raid shelter in the last second. The mushroom cloud of the explosion engulfed the entire Crescent City. In the scorching heat wave, she saw Cain take the initiative to walk towards Selena's bone spurs and let her pierce through his chest.

"Use my blood to complete your revenge." He held Selena's distorted hand and stuffed the Blood Moon Stone fragment into her body. "And then... turn back into the girl who wove flower wreaths for me."

Above the radiation clouds, Lillian's soul stared at the miniature Lucifer model in her hand - it was restructuring.

Next Chapter:

When Elena dug out Cain's broken claws from the ruins, and when the bone spurs of Selena bloom blood - red roses; "The curse of the Nightborne has been lifted," Maggie wiped the cracks on the crystal ball, "But the price is... you can never touch each other's souls."