Page 284 of The Cruelest Undead

Not far away, Death was bleeding, and Rinnon was being swallowed by the vines.

She had to save them.

It was in that moment that Jolie remembered what Rinnon said. She was protected by the stone and the Nephilim she carried.

Focusing on Lilith, she touched the stone with her fingers, and she was seeing flashing visions of her being there to protect them.

She was an angel after all.

“Save us!”

All around her, she was engulfed in light, and when it disappeared, there stood a teenager girl. She couldn’t be more than twelve.

The pale creature with raven black hair and pretty lavender eyes looked around.

It’s a Nephilim! It’s my child!Rinnon whispers into her mind.You brought her to life with the stone. She can save us!

Jolie hadn’t been expecting to do that. She just wanted a little help. Now, she manifested Lilith.

“Mother?” the teenager said, staring at her.

Jolie was looking into her own eyes.

Holy shit!

Jolie couldn’t believe what the stone had actually done. When she touched her belly, that’s when she knew she was right.

Lilith wasn’t there anymore.

Slowly, the Nephilim moved toward her.

“Are you my mother?” the pretty teenager asked, cautiously.

Jolie nodded.

“Yes. You’re my daughter, Lilith. You’re my daughter. We have the same eyes. Look.”

She let her demon eyes go back to the pretty lavender that matched hers.

In her mind, she heard Flynn.

Oh, boy. We did it now.

That’s my child!Rinnon roared.

The Nephilim tipped her head, and when she didn’t feel in danger, she moved at Jolie.

Her mother held her.

She was, after all, her child. Granted, she had been expecting a baby, but her child was her child.

Period.

“What is happening to my father?” she asked, glancing over at the trees. The vines were strangling Flynn, as they tried to crush Rinnon.

“There was a spell to hurt him. Can you save him?” Jolie asked, not sure if she could or not.

She didn’t move, but someone had to be talking to her in her mind. It had to be Rinnon instructing her. She wasn’t able to hear him, but when Lilith touched the ground, everything around them died.

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