Chapter 24: [ Test 2 ]
The beholder.
Nothing escaped his gaze. From the flicker of a grin on Jake’s face to every individual feather on the arrow aimed at Fae.
They were one. His heightened sight was hers—perfect synchronicity.
In an instant, the ground split open. A rupture from which emanated pure dread, a bottomless abyss.
From its void a tendril emerged, deflecting the arrow while slamming itself into the ground, cracking it deeply before being reeled back into the darkness it came from.
Fae didn’t even flinch.
Alexander turned toward Jake, his cold gaze set onto his eyes.
Jake’s superior look fluttered, as he witnessed the infinite depth of Alexander’s darkness.
Sweat ran down his back, his hand slightly shaking as he tightly clutched the pad in his hands.
Alexander then felt a hand on his shoulder, slightly confused as he could still see Fae coming his way, and without the Will Breaker’s sight anything beyond him was complete and distant darkness.
"Don’t waste your time with him."