Chapter 87: The Shadow Palace
His Darkness...
Damien stared at his brother as the meaning behind those words finally dawned on him. Since Annalise was attacked by the dark energy, she needed something similar to tackle it and his shadow powers were the best option.
His gaze turned back at the unconscious woman whose breathing was getting fainter and fainter with every passing minute. He found himself taking hold of one of her hands as he tried to analyze just how bad her condition was because the price he would be paying to save her was too much to ask for.
"Damien, stop thinking. She needs you." Kenric tried to plead but Damien was focused on the unconscious Annalise as he let his energy search her body for all the injuries.
There was no doubt that she was badly injured physically but that wasn’t the real problem because Valerius’ healing power could fix all her wounds in minutes. The problem was the dark energy that had seeped inside her and was trying to destroy her pure energy.
He kept his attention focused as he searched deeper and finally felt it. The inky abyss sucked her into a black hole of malevolence, stripping her of her parents, and cascading her to the darkest depths of the real darkness.
She really needed him!
He opened his eyes and turned his attention at Kenric as he gave his shoulder a little squeeze before speaking, "Don’t panic. You need to stay strong for her."
His brother nodded his head hurriedly as he brushed away the tears that were staining his cheeks. There was no doubt that the youngest was already too deeply involved with Annalise and if something happened to her, it would hit him really hard even if the two of them hadn’t started a bond yet.
Damien then turned his attention to Valerius as he spoke in an urgent tone, "We need to return to the Midnight Realm." His brother nodded his head in understanding as he immediately moved to open the emergency portal that would lead them directly to the Shadow Palace.
The power of creating portals was a rare one and only a few could master it, Valerius was among those only three people from the midnight realm who had the ability to open a portal whenever and wherever they wanted.
Damien picked up Annalise in his arms while making sure not to hurt her, his powers wrapped around her in earnest as he and Kenric moved away to give more space to Valerius. It took barely a minute before a huge portal was opened in the middle of the forest, ready to take all of them to the Shadow Palace.