To resurrect her, he needed a perfect vessel, one capable of withstanding the process without disintegrating. Adeline was that vessel.
He kept thinking about how Annora ruined his plans in his past life. It was her wasn't she? She gave him another chance. Because of her, he came back to the past. Why did she do this? A chase, a push and pull.
Why not give and come to him? She clearly cared about him. As much as he tried to understand her, he couldn't. Why give him hope and cruelly take it away?! She needed to be held responsible.
Adeline's body's unique resonance with holy energy made her the key to his plans. But he couldn't simply take her soul- not yet. She was still young, her body unprepared for the ritual.
He needed her closer, under his influence, and if that meant destabilizing empires and kingdoms to claim her, so be it.
