Mine
Slowly, the wild tendrils of corruption that had begun to coil around Magnus’s form seemed to hesitate, recoiling as if in the presence of something pure and unbreakable.
Magnus’s eyes, which had been pits of endless black, flickered with a trace of recognition. His arms, still clawing at the darkness within him, stilled for an agonizing heartbeat. The transformation was not instantaneous; the struggle inside him was fierce, as if he were locked in a battle with his own soul.