Days had passed and yet no sign of any change. Outside of the dome, the soldiers remained unmoved, not sleeping, eating drinking or taking any breaks at all while patrolling the gigantic magic barrier around the castle. Aellioah still hadn't shown his face and while there was peace and quiet in the castle, Azrael couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Angelique was still unconscious and some of the cracks on her skin didn't seem to heal despite numerous attempts at helping her with spells and other weird tricks Maeriso had at hand. So, Azrael remained faithfully by her besides day in and day out.
As another day brought its light through the windows of the room, Azrael pushed himself up from the armchair he had dragged all the way across the room to be closer to the bed and stretched himself a
