The device in my hand pulsed with dying light.
I stood in the ruins of the temple, staring at the spot where the darkness had been. The figure was gone. The presence was gone. The weight that had pressed down on me for so long was finally lifted.
"Leon." Lena's voice came from behind me. "Did you do it? Did you stop it?"
I turned to face her. She was standing in the doorway, her face pale, her eyes wide. Samir was beside her, his scanners still beeping.
"I think so," I said. "The darkness is gone."
"Are you sure?"
I shook my head. "I don't know. But I can't feel it anymore. It's like... it's like a weight has been lifted."
She walked over to me. "Then we did it. We actually did it."
I looked at the device in my hand. It was dark now. Silent. Cold.
"Maybe," I said. "But I can't sha
