Chapter 289: Greatness Demands Sacrifice

However, things didn't go quite according to plan.

She sucked it up to attend a high school in the middle of nowhere surrounded by plebians.

After all, she is still of a high bloodline and would definitely be able to awaken a powerful affinity and make a comeback, but…

"Where is it? Where the hell is it?!" Heather's voice cracked as she screamed, her composure shattering.

She ran through the darkened space of her consciousness, her spiritual senses searching desperately. The vast, empty void mocked her with its emptiness.

Her heart pounded in her chest as panic set in. She tried to stretch out her senses to see if there was a pull again and again, her hands trembling as if she could physically grasp what wasn't there.

This wasn't how it was supposed to go.

Every instinct told her that the egg should be here, waiting for her, glowing with the promise of power and greatness. But the space remained empty.