All Chapters of The Damned Alpha: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

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Chapter Eighty-One

The void lingered before them, an unending, dark field that appeared to eat up the light exuding from Ethan. Clara's heart beats in her chest as the pull of the abyss escalates, dragging them closer to its dull grasp. She held Ethan's hand firmly, denying to let go no matter what happened, as the drive undermined to tear apart.“Ethan!” she yelled over the stunning thunder of the collapsing abyss. “We have to fight it! We can’t let it take us!”Ethan's eyes were shining with a furious, golden light, but Clara could see the strain in his expression. The power coursing through him was monstrous, but it appeared to falter within the face of the abyss's persistent drag. He turned to Clara, his voice filled with boldness.“We're not going down without a fight,” he answered, his grasp fixing on her hand. “But we've got to go more profound. This is the only viable way to end it.”Clara's breath caught in her throat as she realized what he implied. They couldn't escape the abyss, not yet. The
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Eighty-Two

The ground underneath Clara and Ethan part wide open, but rather than being gulped by the abyss, they were tossed over the collapsing chamber. The darkness around them turned and surged, but Ethan's light burned brightly, pushing back against the infringing shadows. Clara landed hard, her vision obscuring for a minute as she battled to recapture her balance. When she looked up, her blood ran cold.The entity that had developed from the smashed monolith stood at the center of the destruction, its shape towering and ill defined, a moving mass of darkness with gleaming eyes that punctured through the despair. It exuded a pernicious power, the air around it vibrating with the drive of its nearness. This was the source of the abyss, the ultimate adversary they had to destroy.Ethan staggered to his feet, his golden light flickering as he faced the entity. "We end this now," he said, his voice filled with grim determination. He glanced at Clara, and despite the terror of the moment, there w
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Chapter Eighty-Three

The aftermath of the fight left the air thick with an unsettling quietness. Clara and Ethan, still debilitated from their encounter with the abyss, found themselves in a landscape scarred by the remainders of their battle. The ground was littered with the flotsam and jetsam of the crushed chamber, and the air was overwhelming with the harsh fragrance of seared earth. The abyss was gone or at least, it showed up to be. But the faint tremor that had shaken the ground minutes earlier waited in Clara's intuition like a tingle she couldn't scratch.Clara looked at Ethan, who was inclining on her for support. His strength was returning slowly, but his eyes betrayed the same unease she felt. The entity’s destruction should have been the end, yet something was wrong, something they could both sense but not yet define.“We need to regroup,” Ethan said, his voice still hoarse. “We need to find Marcus and the others. There might be more going on than we realized.”Clara nodded, helping him to hi
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Chapter Eighty-Four

The uneasy quietness after the fight was broken by the sound of Clara's battered breathing as she attempted to shake off the waiting impacts of the darkness that had endeavored to devour her. The mark on her chest was a steady reminder that the abyss had left something behind, a seed of darkness that was now rooted inside her. She felt it beating with an evil energy, and in spite of her best endeavors to stifle it, the darkness appeared to be developing more.Ethan stood by her side, his expression torn between concern and certainty. “We have to figure out what this is,” he said, his voice bound with urgency. “If the darkness is still inside of you, it may well be a danger, not just to you, but to all of us.”Clara nodded, her mind racing. “There has to be a way to get rid of it. Maybe the spirits”Before she could wrap up, a sudden roll shook the ground underneath them. Marcus, who had been checking the skyline, snapped to attention. “We’ve got company,” he growled, his senses height
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Chapter Eighty-Five

The chamber's environment was engulfed with heavy tension as Clara's words hung within the air. Ethan, Marcus, and the others looked at her with a blend of fear and hope, their hearts beating in harmony with the inauspicious thundering underneath their feet.Clara stood, clutching her chest where the mark had flared minutes before. The whispering voice echoed in her mind, repeating the cryptic warning: *The darkness can be controlled... but at a price.*“What did you mean, Clara?” Ethan asked, stepping forward, his eyes searching hers for answers. Clara’s gaze was distant, as if she were peering into an abyss far deeper than the one before them. “The power inside me... it’s connected to the abyss. I can use it to stop this, but it’s dangerous. I might not make it out alive.”“No!” Marcus growled, his fists clenched. “We’ll find another way. We didn’t come this far to lose you.”“There is no other way,” Clara replied, her voice firm despite the fear that gripped her. “If we don’t act
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Chapter Eighty-Six

The air was thick with an eerie silence as the group gathered in the aftermath of the abyss’s destruction. The once dull and noxious chamber was presently lit up by the delicate gleam of their combined energies, however the triumph felt empty. Ethan's heart was overwhelming with the fear of what was to come as he stooped next to Clara. Clara's eyes, still filled with that unnatural obscurity, looked up at him as though she were both present and remotely absent."Clara," Ethan mumbled, tenderly brushing a bolt of hair from her face. "Can you listen to me?" She blinked slowly, her expression unreadable. “It’s not over, Ethan,” she said, her voice a strange mix of her own and something far more sinister. “The abyss was only the beginning.”Marcus, who had been watching from a distance, stepped forward, his face grim. “What do you mean? The abyss is destroyed. We saw it.”Clara’s gaze shifted to Marcus, and the darkness in her eyes seemed to ripple with some unfathomable depth. “The abys
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Chapter Eighty-Seven

Ethan stood in the midst of the rubble, his intellect reeling from the blinding light and the sudden emptiness encompassing him. The chamber that had once held Clara was now a destroyed , lifeless area. The air was thick with a choking darkness that appeared to beat with a life of its own, resounding the ultimate minutes of their fight."Clara?" Ethan called out, his voice trembling with a blend of fear and terror. But there was no reply, as it was the frequenting quietness that took after the entity's arousing.The ground underneath him trembled, and Ethan's intuition shouted at him to run, but he remained firm to the spot, his eyes bolted on the dim figure rising from the shadows where Clara had been minutes ago. The figure was covered in an unnatural obscurity that turned and coiled around it like a living being. Its frame was continually moving, as though it were battling to set, and however there was a sense of overwhelming power radiating from it.Ethan's heart beat in his chest
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Chapter Eighty-Eight

The gap within the ground broadened, its edges shining with a ghostly light as the abyss yawned open before Ethan and Clara. The dim void appeared to beat with life, as though the essence of the entity had leaked into the earth, undermining it from inside. The air was thick with the fragrance of burning ozone, and the chamber's dividers started to tremble savagely, debilitating to cave in at any minute.Clara, still powerless from the fight, clung to Ethan as they battled to remain on their feet. "We have to keep moving, no matter what!" Ethan yelled, his voice scarcely capable of being heard over the stunning thunder of the collapsing chamber.Before they could respond, the ground underneath them gave way totally, and they dove into the abyss. The sensation of falling was disorienting, the world around them decreased to an obscure shadow and light. Time appeared to extend and twist as they were pulled more profoundly into the darkness, the air becoming colder and heavier with each pa
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Chapter Eighty-Nine

Ethan stood within the darkness, his breath worn out, eyes wide as the silence squeezed in on him. Clara's shout still reverberated in his ears, in spite of the fact that the void around him was quiet and unforgiving. Fear started to set in, his contemplations hustling, how could he save her now? He had just recaptured her belief, as it were to lose her once more to something indeed darker and more frightening.He clenched his hands, feeling the power of the binding spell still coursing through his veins. This was no time to give in to lost hope. Clara had been pulled into the abyss, but she wasn't gone. He had to believe that. The oppressive darkness around him seemed to mock that belief. Shadows crawled at the edge of his vision, taunting him, whispering that he was late, that she was as of now late. But Ethan refused to listen. He closed his eyes, reaching deep within himself for the connection he had forged with Clara. If he could just feel her presence, he could find her.His he
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Chapter Ninety

Ethan stood amidst the crumbling cavern, the monstrous figure of the abyss looming before them. The darkness felt alive, sentient, and its rage surged through the air like a tangible force. The others had joined him, Alpha Marcus, Clara, Mariam, and their companions, all of them standing at the threshold of this ultimate confrontation."We can't just run," Ethan said, his voice tight. "If we leave now, the abyss will devour everything."Alpha Marcus stepped forward, his eyes gleaming with fierce determination. "Then we fight. And this time, we will end it."Clara stood beside Marcus, her hand brushing against his arm as she met Ethan's gaze. "We've fought the shadows, the obscurity, but this… this is something else. It's the heart of the abyss. We have to destroy it, once and for all."Ethan clenched his fists, glancing around at his companions. "We’re all that stands between this thing and the world. We have no choice."The abyss shifted, a low, guttural growl resonating through the
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