Summary

Yadriel attempts to help Julian while he flickers in and out of existence. His chest bleeds before he disappears. Maritza comes to console Yadriel and tells him that something is wrong because Miguel did not come back either. The two go down to Lady Death’s altar where Julian is laying, barely conscious. They are confused about the other bodies, including Miguel’s, that are laying on slabs with daggers inside their chests.

Suddenly, Tio Catriz appears. He explains to Yadriel that he must perform human sacrifice in order to make himself stronger and maintain the line of strong brujos in the family. Catriz begins to hurt Julian and try to take his life source to feed into his own powers.

In Chapter 23, Yadriel tries to imagine any way that he can stop his uncle from summoning the dark spirits and throwing the...