****************************Lena's POV I could feel that Ethan was looking at me intensely, all his gaze on me like he was scared that something might happen to me, and he didn't want to let me out of his sight. I focused my mind on the chair. It wasn't easy; it was a tough struggle for me, more than I wanted to admit. Each time I tried and failed, the frustration got closer to the surface, threatening to spill over, to completely take over my resolve, but I wasn't about to give up on trying and pushing harder. I had to do a lot more if I needed to even have a chance with Zane. He was out there, Adrian was suffering, and I was stuck, fumbling with chairs. I could hear Lyla's voice humming in the back of my mind.Her reluctance to fully intervene was strong, it was a struggle, a battle and a burden for me.The chair shook and wobbled; it tilted front and back, finally lifting off the ground before crashing down with a loud resounding thud; for a moment, I thought it was gonna cause
***************************Lena's POVEthan asked about the dangers; I knew if I told him about the dangers of tapping from my anger if I ended up tapping from the wrong kind of anger, it was me allowing darkness into myself; he was going to stop me from doing it.I couldn't afford to make him stop me from doing this; I needed to try this, so I lied."There are no dangers, only that I might just get weaker for some minutes or hours depending on the level I tapped into." I had to tell him this. I couldn't make the mistake of saying there would be no consequences at all; he would not believe me. Besides, we all know anger is not a good thing. Using it as fuel to harness my powers could be very dangerous. But I was ready to risk it. "Are you sure about this?" he asked looking worried "Yes, I am very sure", I replied.Inside me, I could hear Lyla scream and shout at the top of her voice, warning me not to try what I was about to do, that it could just be the end of all good things. It
*************************Lena's POVI couldn't shake the image of the pitch-black void I saw. It felt like the end like I could be swallowed up by it and never come back to life. I felt like I could be lost there for eternity, and no one would be able to bring me out from there. The thought of it haunted me. 'What if I tried again and I couldn't stop? what if Ethan wasn't there to pull me out?' This thought kept racing through my mind and head. Could I wonder if I could trust myself with these powers? If it meant I had to walk through the thin line between light and darkness.Every moment I hesitated, Zane was getting stronger, and Adrian drifted further away. I could not afford to waste time on silly doubts. But I was scared, especially with this recent encounter in the pitch-black void. Remembering it again sent a shiver down my spine. I wonder if there was a way I could channel my powers without having to lose myself, I needed to find it. I needed to act fast, failure wasn't an
************************Lena's POVAfter a long silence, staring into each other eyes, rubbing hands together I spoke up in a more steady tone now."We need a plan, a new strategy," I said "Now I have realised that tapping into anger is too dangerous. There has to be a better way maybe I could focus on protection instead, I remember when trying to heal your sister I felt so powerful because what I had in mind was the Need to save her and then I was able to save her, the same thing happened with the witch, Joey" I paused to see if I would get a reaction from but I didn't get any I continued "Maybe if I tried harnessing my power by focusing on the need to save and to protect I could be able to do something huge with it"I could feel Lyla trying to say something to me, but I wasn't giving her the chance. I was still very angry at her. Coupled with the so many ideologies I had in my head about her. I didn't want to talk to her, at least not now."What's Lyla saying about it" Ethan asked
************************Adrian's POV I woke up to suffocating darkness; I was lying on a cold, hard surface, my body still aching from the silver sword's burn. My mind was foggy; I couldn't think straight, but I could sense that something had changed. The physical pain was so much unbearable, but the quietness was so much unsettling it was worse. Where was I? I was no longer in the room with Zane, everything felt so wrong. I tried to stand up, but I couldn't; the pain and the burn were so great that It was making me feel dizzy. Panic set in when I tried to move again and my limbs seemed to be frozen. It seemed not to be physically bound but mentally paralysed as if Zane's dark magic was tightening its grip, consuming the whole of me. My thoughts became sluggish invaded by something cold, ominous and sinister. I tried to fight back, but every attempt I made to fight back was fruitless. All my attempts were met with suffocating pressure. Zane was trying to break me from the inside
****************************Zane’s POVI stood in my lair, looking into the dark magic mirror I had displaying Adrian's inner torment. At first, it was entertaining and amusing watching the little wolf groan in agony, struggling and fighting to free himself from the chains of the dark magic that's been eating deep into his body. As the minutes stretched on my amusement began to turn sour. He was fighting back harder than I had expected, no one had ever been able to fight back my inner torment strategy before. I was pissed off by this but it also made me grow more interested in the little wolf. "This should not be happening", I muttered to myself; I began to pace around the length of the dark chamber; every single soul I had touched got broken. None ever took this long to submit. They all snapped under the weight of my power; their minds bent to my will easily. The little wolf was certainly different from the others; it was infuriating; I was seriously angered by this; how could th
**********************Adrian's POV My body was weak, but my senses became sharper as I found my way out of the pitch-dark void I was in earlier, the place where my mind was being tormented by the face of my child and Lena. I began to feel pain all over. Every single time I tried to move my body, my muscles felt stiff, and the bite of the dark magic was still lingering, hovering around me. The only thing I could think of right now was to find a way to survive, but the thoughts were soon discarded as I remembered that my survival only gave way to the dark magic in me taking control of my body. I was glad to feel pain because it was a sign that I was still alive, not yet lost to the darkness within. I tried to sit up, but each movement I made sent fresh waves of pain through my body. I could feel the after-effect of Zane's magic still burning through my veins.I began to reflect on how Zane's control operated; I had never seen anything like it in my whole life as an alpha wolf; yes I
*****************************Adrian's POV Just as I was feeling stronger, I began to feel somehow, again, that Zane had started another evil move of his. The darkness Zane had put inside of me began to stir up again. A constant reminder that I was not free, the dark magic whispered doubts, fears and anger, it was trying to weaken my resolve, break my will. I had made up my mind to cling to the light that was inside me. The darkness wasn't done with me yet. It kept on slithering through my thoughts, a cold whisper telling me I could win. Telling me that Zane's power was too strong for me to handle, saying Lena was already lost forever.I clenched my fists forcing darkness away. I determined not to listen, never to pay attention to the dark voice within. More visions began to troup in my mind, like a broken tap. This time it was more detailed and heartbreaking. I saw Lena struggling to protect our child.She was fighting against impossible odds; there was no way she could defeat such