ELENA’S POV

"The kind that involves opening a permanent gateway between the world of the living and the world of the dead," Alex said. "Using Daisy's power as the key."

Noah's face went pale.

"They want to raise an army of the dead?" he asked.

"Not just raise them," Maya said. "They want to merge the two worlds completely. Make it so that death has no meaning. So that the ancient ones can live forever in bodies that never decay."

"That's insane," I said.

"That's why we're here," Alex said. "To help stop them."

Noah looked down at Daisy, who was still sleeping peacefully despite the terrible conversation happening around...