The black spell tightened its hold and she gasped strangled from her throat. Her mother snipped, "You cannot escape what is inside you." "It is already started."
Luca burst through the oncoming rogues, his grey eyes flaming with wrath. "Get far from her!"«
Charging, his sword glowed weakly in moonlight and collided with the black energy wall encircling Aria. The influence rocked the clearing like a shockwave. With fresh rage, the cursed rogues drove Kael and Ryker back towards the broken pillar.
"We're losing ground! "Kael roared, cursed blood spilling from his nails.
Ethan called a defensive barrier, momentarily driving the beasts back, and his eyes shone softly. "We cannot hang onto them very long."
Aria battled the magical shackles with ragged gasps in her breathing. The relationship pulsed afar but intact, softly.
She tightened her hands, finding strength in the feeble link instead of giving up. NOT now.
