Chapter 0858 Suddenly Jesse's face goes pale and his words fade as he stares at something behind me. I gasp even as Jackson grabs me to him, pulling my back flush against his chest as he, too, turns. But then my eyes go wide as I shriek with fear at the darkness turning there just outside of my cage, slow and furious.

I watch in terror as a man steps from the darkness, his face livid, his eyes fixed on

me.

"You dare," the God of Darkness growls, his eyes flashing, "to take my servant from me?"

He waves a hand and the walls of the cage around us crumble to rust, collapsing to the ground. My heart pounds in my chest as I panic, searching my heart and my mind for something to do - a way out-

Immediately I want to shift back to Atalaxia - but I'm only touching Jackson - I can't leave everyone behind -

Darkness stalks slowly forward, glaring at all of us. Midnight's terrified sobs echo through the air as the god turns his eyes to Gabriel, who sits up with Ben's help. "Submit,” he snarls. "Take back your covenant or suffer death for your betrayal.” "Ariel!" Jackson snarls in my ear. "Go - go back -"

"No!" I cry out, leaning out of his lap and reaching for Pippa, for Ben, for Jesse - for everyone - "I can't leave them!"

"You will!" Jackson commands, pulling me back. "Go!"

to your bargain once and found the rewards wanting. I won't do it again, even if it costs

- even as Jackson commands me again and again to shift,

come back. She flashes away and back again and again, apparently

somehow I don't know how he

me. I reach

fool," the God

"You think

half-soul in your little Castle school anymore, boy. Your

gaze as he comes to my side. “What you seem to fail to grasp," Jesse says, slipping his hand in mind and flashing his eyes to me for a single moment, giving a shake of his head. I still,

hand. And I spin my head to the God, wondering

Can it be true?

my mind - the Goddess, in

at Jesse, calling

his powers, and our

made for this, weren't

Jesse's "Gabriel!"

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