Chapter 51

AVERY

In the next moment, I realize the grave mistake. Darkness leaps for the figure standing in the distance until it covers all of him. I blink, stumbling another step back and desperately trying to find him in the fog.

An ear-piercing scream sounds in the silence of the hall. It grows in volume, becoming soul-wrenching.

With a wild heart beating in my chest, I break out into a sprint to reach him. The darkness appears around me like a cold entity, trying to trap me into the same spot but I pass through it until I am standing right behind Aleister’s imposing figure.

I come to an abrupt halt when I catch sight of the scene before me. Agrona is nowhere to be seen. But Tracy and the group are still there.

They are on their knees, clutching their heads and screaming at the top of their lungs. Their eyes…have lost color, turning into a familiar black that I saw in Darksin’s eyes.

My breath comes out in labored pants. Shock renders me immobile. Slowly, I lift my terrified gaze to