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Chapter 8- Beware the little darkling

Author: Keren Michael
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-05-27 16:28:16

MAERWYNN POV

I tried again—another flicker of light between my fingers. A dull spark sizzled to life, like a dying lantern struggling to glow. It wasn’t much, but I hurled it toward the first Algoth we came across. The creature shrieked as the light hit, part of its wing singed and smoking. It swerved off course, crashing into the trees.

Valen glanced down at me mid-flight, the corners of his mouth lifting in a grin. “Not bad.”

I managed a small laugh—brief, shaky—but the moment didn’t last.

Something slammed into us from the side.

A blur. Claws. Wings.

Valen grunted, and suddenly I was falling.

The world spun as I tumbled through thorn bushes and slammed hard against the ground. Pain shot up my ribs. My side felt like it had been torn open. Blood trickled down my cheek from a scratch. I gasped, rolling to my knees and fumbling for my bow—instinct kicking in.

I looked up just in time to see Valen wrestling with one of the Algoths mid-air.

The banshees were gone. Disappeared like ghost
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