"Kill the king?" It wasn't something that took Alexa by surprise, but she hesitated. She knew that, at some point in her life, she would be forced to make this kind of decision, but she didn't imagine that it would serve the wishes of a vengeful and cunning ghost.
Before the maiden could answer, however, Father Gianpietro took two steps forward, and wielding his rosary, performed the exorcism rite, pasting the cross on Shade's forehead. Alexa rolled from under the spectral creature, which shrieked in an angry and desperate manner, while her cousin tried to banish her.
Something flung the priest away and Blue Eyes hit his head against a wall, losing consciousness, but Letitia soon vanished. Whether by the Shade's own will or because the ritual had hurt her, the Princess did not know.
