VICTORIA'S POV

"I always knew that this is something that everyone will be questioning me. It’s a bit complicated if I start telling you everything in detail. But will you guys believe me if I say that I did all of this because I wanted to end this problem for once and all?

" My grandpa said, and I looked at him waiting for him to continue.

"I have watched Victoria grow, and I was sure that she wasn't the next Madeline. I had some doubts when her adopted parents died in that car accident, which I must mention was her grandma's work to enrage her. When I saw that even after such a big event she was able to control her anger, I knew that she would be the solution for this thing.

I can end her life here and now, but it won't solve the problem. We need a permanent solution to this. And the permanent solution is killing Madeline, not Victoria.

" My Grandpa said, and I was about to heave a sigh of relief when I suddenly felt my throat constricting.

It was as if someone was pressing the area in the middle of my throat.

Waving my hand with great difficulty, I touched Daniel's hand to get his attention as he was the nearest person to me.

"Victoria? Victoria? Are you okay? Christopher! What is happening to her?

" Daniel shouted, getting everyone's attention.

"C..can't breathe,

" I uttered with difficulty as my throat felt completely choked. It was as if an invisible power was gripping my throat and was trying to choke me.

Through teary eyes, I looked towards my grandfather, who rather than helping me was looking around himself.

"What are you doing looking here and there? What is happening to her?

" Alexander shouted as he placed me on his lap while Ashton held my hands.

"I am afraid that the last step of her conversion to Madeline is going to happen now. Madeline's soul will take over her if we do not stop this process.

" Grandpa said, his eyes still searching around, and it wasn't long before he raised his wand in the air, making some blue Magna come out of it and hit the glass of the window towards my left.

To say I was shocked to see what was behind the glass would be an understatement.

There standing in front of me was none other than my grandma, who looked like was chanting some kind of spell.

"I see that you've already told my dear granddaughter everything,

" She smirked, her eyes pitch black with purple orbs. Something I haven't seen before.

"Grandma? Why would you do that to me?

" I couldn't help but ask her. This was something I wanted to ask her from the moment I came to know that it was her behind everything that happened with me.

"Well, you can call me your grandma for the last time because after some time you'll have to start calling me with the name you used to use back then,

" My grandma said, smiling evilly in my direction. It irked me how she chose to ignore my question rather than answering it.

"Well, you've told her everything except one thing. You didn't tell her how her counterpart Madeline was captured.

" My grandma said, and I couldn't help but notice how she used the word captured rather than killed.

"After the fight, everyone was sent back. The gods had their share of fun with her. Everyone keeps on blaming her and cursing her, but do you know what she went through? Do you know what real pain feels like? She was staked on a pole made of black magic. They threw daggers at her while enjoying the activity as if they were in some kind of amusement park. Even though she was a female, they left her in the hands of the dark powers. She was stripped naked like a non-living doll in front of everyone while the powers looked at her menacingly.

" My grandma said as a tear roll down from her eyes.

Though she was a bad woman, I couldn't help but feel sympathy for her when Grandma said those words.

"She was raped. Not once or twice. She was raped 19 times by different powerful men of different species. Those beasts were so merciless that they kept raping her body even after her soul left her. Do you think she deserved that? What was her fault? Her only fault was that her mother was tricked by three merciless gods, who used them for their fun.

" My Grandma said, the mere thought of what must’ve happened scaring my very soul.

"What happened to her was indeed wrong, but do you think what she will do to these Innocent people when she comes back to life is justifiable?

" My grandpa asked my grandma.

"Maybe it isn’t. Who cares? The world didn't treat her right and spellbound her in the eternal river. What she will do is what this world deserves,

" My grandma said, shrugging her shoulders, her words capturing my attention.

Looking at Daniel, who had his eyes on me already, I connected us with the telepathy before telling him the only hint I could do in the meantime as the war between my grandma and grandpa started, throwing me in the air.

"Azrael, the spell will come into effect only if Madeline takes over Victoria by herself, right? After the spell is completed, right?

" Daniel said, and I looked at him confused.

What the hell was he doing here? I just told him the biggest hint that could save us, and he wants to talk to her?

"That's right. However, you won't have to wait long. The spell will be completed in-

" My grandma started, but was cut off in between. I couldn't hear the rest of her words or anything that Daniel said after that because darkness took over me.