“How’s that?” Destiny pulled on her inner strength, the light she knew existed somewhere inside, yet nothing happened. She remained frozen. Worse, Dark had left an hour ago and knew nothing of this dire situation. Likely she’d meet a horrible end before he even reached his house.
“Love conquers all, or so the saying goes. I’m flipping that on its head. Dark will sacrifice himself for you. Then you’ll both die. Either way I get the spell book.”
“I don’t have the book. Dark does. And, how to you propose to make that happen?” Destiny asked. “Dark is on his way out of town. Besides, he can and will squash you like a cockroach.”
A smirk appeared on Rosalind’s pinched face. “You think I’d give my most powerful magical item to Vex? He relied on that to influence the weather. I, on the other ha
