Mathena turned her mind away from the puzzle. She might never discover how Maribel had gotten her filthy hands on her, and for the moment, it didn’t really matter. All she truly cared about was finding some means of getting free so she could get to her and beat the s**t out of the witch. She didn't care if the b***h was powerful. No! She would send her straight to hell.
Thinking about the witch, something inside her awakened, something powerful and dark, asking her to let the darkness in so it could help her out of this mountain as she swallowed down her frustration.
"Xeon, if you don't believe me and that I'm so full of s**t, then why have you not killed me yet?" she snapped. She appreciated how frustrated he was at finding Mathena, but knowing that he had hurt the same person made her
