Moonborn: The Devouring

Chapter 15: Beyond the Veil

As Elijah wailed, I felt a string of distress and sympathy. I had never seen him like this some time recently, so powerless and broken. I come to out and touched his bear, attempting to offer what small consolation I could.

"Elijah, it's affirm," I whispered. "I'm here for you. Anything is happening, we'll confront it together."

Elijah's wails gradually died down, and he looked up at me with red-rimmed eyes. For a minute, we fair gazed at each other, the as it were sound the calm sneezes of Elijah's nose.

Then, in a voice scarcely over a whisper, Elijah talked. "Aurora, I'm so too bad. I didn't cruel for this to happen. I didn't cruel to drag you into this."

I scowled, disarray carved on my confront. "Drag me into what?" I asked.

Elijah's eyes dashed around the room, as if he dreaded being caught. "The obscurity," he whispered. "It's spreading, Aurora. It's devouring everything in its path."

I felt a chill run down my spine. "What obscurity?" I demanded.

Elijah's eyes bolted onto mine, and I saw a glint of fear there. "The obscurity inside me," he said. "It's developing more grounded each day. I do not know how much longer I can hold it back."

I took a step back, my intellect reeling with the suggestions. Elijah was had by a few kind of haziness? What did that indeed mean?

And at that point, as I looked into Elijah's eyes, I saw something that made my blood run cold. A shadow, sneaking fair underneath the surface. A shadow that appeared to be observing me, holding up for its minute to strike.