Chapter 81:
SEALING THE DARKNESS
Pain was all over my body, but I forced myself to move. The world around me had shifted the temple walls groaned as cracks spiderwebbed across them, the stone itself rejecting the darkness that had invaded it. The Forgotten One reeled, its form unstable, shifting violently between shadow and substance. It was wounded, weakened by my defiance, but not yet defeated.
Ethan’s arms were still around me, his grip strong and unyielding, as if afraid that if he let go, I would slip away again. His face was tight with worry, his blue eyes burning with fury. “Taya.” His voice was rough, raw, and filled with something I wasn’t ready to name. “Are you ”
“I’m fine,” I rasped, though my entire body screamed otherwise. “We have to finish this.”
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