The Silver Pact
The mindscape shattered into a storm of blinding white light and roaring black fire.
As Gideon held the demon pinned against the cracked, ash laden earth, I drove the full power of my open core forward. The golden-white tether latched onto the final, pulsating core of the demon’s seed, a shard of pure, calcified void crystal anchored deep within the mindscape.
"You cannot contain the abyss, mortal girl" the demon shrieked, its shadowy form writhing violently beneath Gideon’s crushing grip. "It will burn your mind to cinders! It will turn your light to rot"