"Fight her, Elena!" Aria shouted at her possessed sister. "I know you're still in there!"

Elena's body writhed as two consciousnesses fought for control. Her eyes flickered between blue and yellow like a broken light bulb.

"She's... too strong," Elena gasped in her own voice before Mara took over again.

"Foolish child," Mara sneered through Elena's lips. "Your sister belongs to me now. And soon, so will you." Rowan stepped forward, his hands changing into claws. "Release her, ...