A Deal with Desire
Despite the pain wracking his body, a chilling smile stretched across his lips.
"Free at last," he rasped, his voice distorted and laced with a newfound power. "The darkness offers so much… power, knowledge… everything I ever desired."
Evie stumbled back, a wave of nausea washing over her. Liam's words felt like a betrayal, a chilling confirmation of her worst fears.
"Liam, no!" she cried out, her voice cracking with despair. "Don't let it control you! We can fight this together!"
Liam let out a harsh laugh, the sound echoing eerily through the cavern. "Fight? Why fight when the darkness offers me the strength to remake Aethel, to reshape it in its glorious image?"
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