Chapter 21: Dive towards death
Eden didn't waste any time and immediately turned to her guards. Two of them walked into the portal and vanished behind the blackness, while the other two remained beside it, their expressions intimidating enough to ward off passersby.
Damien glanced behind at Ahara one last time.
She smiled at him reassuringly, nodding as she waited for him to go. A piece of him wanted to stay with her, to stop in this pursuit for power he had just learned about this morning, but he couldn't bring himself to agree with it.
He needed the power. For his and her sake.
"Now's our turn," Eden tugged at his arm, snapping him back to reality.
She let go of his hand, walked towards the portal before glancing behind at him, a grin on her face. Then she walked into the black space and vanished.
"Your turn," Ahara urged in a soft voice, and Damien nodded at her.
With a thudding heart, he followed behind Eden, hesitantly pushing his hands in first before finally, he entered the portal.
Unlike his other experiences with magic so far, this was rather normal. Too normal. It felt like just passing through a door. There was no sensation to his body at all, well, that is, until he came out on the other side of the portal.
Strong gusts of wind immediately slapped his face, threatening to carry him away and making him blink furiously as he tried to check his surroundings. He covered his eyes, scrunching them just enough to look around.
Then he looked below, and his breath hitched.