Chapter 209 1/6 AURORA I understand enough , he says , his voice unyielding .

Ive lost enough .

Im not losing you too .

Before I could further argue with him , the air shifts around us , and the mist starts to take form , sharpening by the second .

Shapes are taking form and morphing into figures … twisted mockeries of people from Danes past .

A woman with golden hair stands at the edge of the mist , her face twisted in a mask of pain .

Beside her , a young boy clutches her hand , his eyes wide in fear .

No , Dane whispers , his voice breaking .

The figures step closer ; their forms are twisted , and unnatural .

The boys face screws up , his mouth open in a silent scream .

Dane , what are they ? I ask , my voice shaking .

Theyre my fears , he says , his body stiff with tension .

My failures .

The visions lash out , their movements weird but deliberate .

Dane raises his arms in defense , his movements are quick but strained .

You couldnt save us , the woman says , her voice sad and weak You let us die .

Chapter 209 The boy moves closer , his small hands outstretched to Dane .

You promised , he says , the tone too steady .

You said youd take care of us .

Dane stumbled backward , his skin pale .

2/6 Dane ! I yell , raising the pendant high .

For a second its glow cuts through , forcing the illusions to shatter .

Liriens voice cuts through the fog , imperative .

The grove feeds on guilt and fear .

He is open to it here .

He cannot stay .

Dane shakes his head .

Heavy breathing escapes from his lips as he growls , I wont leave her .

Youre not helping her , Lirien snaps , its form shimmering with irritability .

Your presence only makes the grove that much stronger .

are both

tried again , my

Listen to Lirien .

, or

able to , he responds , his words

let it take

more join the horde wolves twisted monstrous forms , their eyes aglow with malice

of the pendant reduced , my hands shaking as the

, Dane

voice now , his body firm

You have got to finish

that you can

snap , catching his arm

leave

choice , he says , his voice low and

is bigger than us

Bigger than me .

my tears but

this

No matter what .

their distorted faces leering as they circle

his body

lets finish it , he says to

forge ahead in

, the light in the pendant

figures with brutal

before us , and there , at

almost there , I say , and my

our approach , twisting violently as dark branches rise from the

appears again ,

209 4/6 tree will not wait

You must decide .

through the final few roots ; its corrupted energy whiplashing out as though

brighter once more , beating them off us

roots divided now , showing a heart pulsating bright in the center of it

the

degree my skin tingled with the energy

fills my head

time of choice has come

rot ? I glaze at the heart , hypnotic in the

and brushes his hand across mine

touch grounds

he says softly

Im

my eyes momentarily , willing the anger inside me to calm

heart pulses ,

decision Im not prepared to make

it , I

, and it ends here

in my

, turning to Lirien ,

says with

has chosen you

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