Vadim PoV
Amelia and I jumped back as my papa swung a blade made out of darkness horizontally.
Aventine hovered next to me. "This man has no soul. He is nothing more than an empty vessel."
I gritted my teeth. "There has to be something of him still in there. You were his guardian angel too, weren't you?"
She frowned. "I cannot sense anything. It is as if his soul was replaced by the abyss."
"What about that momentary flicker?" Amelia asked.
My amgel flew between Papa and me and blocked his next attack. She stared him down with her stern purple eyes.
"Wolfgango, if there is any humanity left in you, fight it," she demanded.
His gray eyes stared into hers. "Silence, angel. I will finish what I started two-hundred years ago."
"No, Father," I yelled. "The kingdom has gotten strong in spite of you. We managed to reunify and create peace. Well, almost. There is Kuroyuki left, but we'll come together soon."
