Abraham was more shocked than Lyon who just got to know about what might be after him.Lyon had never heard about the shadow before and he couldn’t help but wonder about how many things he doesn’t know and still needs to learn.“Shadow?” He enquired with a raised eyebrow and a huge part of him knew that The Shadows are really powerful.The hairs at the nape of his neck curled and not just him but Chelsey and Kelvin could also feel the chills running down their spine.“If the Shadow is what’s after you then we’re all doomed because they won’t spare anybody.” Elen said in fear, her eyes were still wide and her palm was sweaty.There was no way the Shadows would be after them. It’s been years since they’ve heard of or even seen a Shadow’s attack.Abraham was so sure that they'd been exiled until now and although he had doubts, all symptoms and evidence were pointing in the Shadow’s direction.“Lyon, there’s a lot that you don’t know and there’s no perfect time to learn about those things
The trinities left but Lyon still had absolutely no idea what to do. The house was still shaken and none of the maids would step out of their rooms.“I can’t have more people involved in all of this,” Lyon’s voice put a halt to the silence as everyone present turned to face him.“We’re firing all the maids that work directly in the house and then we can think of what to do next.” He sighed as he yawned.“I have to prevent what happened tonight from happening again and while these Shadows can possess the men, I know that some of the guards have strong willpower so they should be able to fight against its attack.” He finished.Not saying anything else, Lyon made his way to his bedroom with his mind all over the place.He needed to be alone, he needed to think about what to do and from the information his system had provided for him, defeating a shadow is next to impossible.“I’ll worry about it tomorrow, I need to rest.” Lyon sighed as he laid on the bed but no matter how hard he tried,
Lyon’s eyes opened in an entirely different place, it was secluded and white and looked like it was built with snow.Everywhere looked beautiful and for a moment Lyon felt like he had probably died. His amulet glowed really bright but he knew that he wasn’t in a domain.“Where the hell is this place?” He muttered to himself as he walked further to be sure of where he was but nothing was clear to him.“Open.” He tried to control his system but he couldn’t access it. Everything in that place seemed to be out and inaccessible.“Lyon!” A strange yet familiar voice stopped him in his tracks while he was still looking around, “Lyon!” The voice called again.He looked around but there was no one and nothing and it was as though he was the last person in the world. The last person to ever exist.A loud growl sent chills running down his spine, his legs shook and his throat felt dry. It was at this moment that everything started hitting Lyon.His hands were cold and if they got colder, they we
The scars cut so deep that Kelvin was shaking and the mark wasn’t even on his body, his hand trembled and he still couldn’t believe what he was seeing.“W— what did you see there?” Lyon asked, he had no idea why but he was freaking out a great deal and he knew that whatever was on his neck had a hand in that.“I don’t know what it is,” Kelvin responded, still in awe, “but it’s scary and it makes me want to puke, I have never seen anything like it before.”He finished and gagged as he walked away from Lyon. Elen looked at Kelvin and something about his reaction wasn’t right.They knew Kelvin didn’t like blood and he went pale at the sight of one but this was different, he looked petrified.“Whatever it is, I’m sure it can be— JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!” Elen exclaimed when she saw his neck.Her stomach tightened and something about the wound wasn’t natural but Lyon was still in the dark.He doesn’t know what was getting them so scared but his heart raced and he knew that even that wasn’t na
Abraham let out a sigh of relief, “thank goodness you’re fine, that was a risky game you tried to play.” He said.He was out of breath, his body was starting to become old and weary and he couldn’t really use his secret art as he usually does before.“Where did you learn that spell from?” Abraham asked Lyon before they could get into how he got the mark on his neck.“When I was in a domain and I defeated some mages, I got the power.” Lyon explained, he never thought that a day would come when he would use that skill.“The spell felt like it had been a part of me for a while so it was easy to learn it.” Lyon finished and Abraham nodded in understanding.“What happened to them?” Lyon asked as he pointed at his passed out friends but Elen only shrugged.“They’ll be fine,” she assured him and Abraham nodded, “they both weren’t strong enough to stomach Abraham’s technique.” She finished.“What is Chelsey doing here?” He asked and raised an eyebrow when Elen handed him a peck of tissues.Sh
“These attacks are getting a little too intense, what do we do?” Lyon asked Abraham breathlessly.It’s been days since they all chose to work together and he knew that he had gotten more and more stronger but he still hadn’t eradicated the Shadows.“We’ll do something about it when you’re strong enough to fight them.” Abraham responded, handing Lyon a water bottle.So as not to get too distracted, he had suggested that they use another of the estates Lyon had for practice.Practicing in the same house Kelvin and Chelsey was could serve as a huge distraction for him and that was something they couldn’t afford.To reduce the level of attacks, Abraham had made sure to do as Lyon had suggested and he had sacked all the maids.Leaving the guards back at home with the girls and Kelvin. Lyon had thought that would at least put the attacks on hold but it didn’t.“I’m exhausted.” He confessed as he drank from the bottle Abraham had given to him. There was another thing Abraham didn’t tell him.
“Why didn’t you tell me about Chelsey?” Lyon asked Elen as soon as he walked into the research room where she and Kelvin worked.“You had my number and I specifically told you to let me know once anything strange was up and this happened but you didn’t tell me?”His teeth gritted really hard and he clenched his fist to keep his anger at bay so that what happened in the estate wouldn’t repeat itself.He couldn’t risk it and Elen seemed to be able to figure it out because all she did was apologize.“We didn’t tell you because we thought you didn’t need the distraction.” She explained but that just flew right above Lyon’s head.“That’s true, Lyon,” Kelvin chimed in and Lyon couldn’t believe that he didn’t notice his best friend at first.“Kelvin.”“We didn’t tell you because we wanted to avoid something like this,” Kelvin continued talking as he walked closer to Lyon.“You have this huge responsibility and we’d be damned if we added more to it, we didn’t mean to keep it a secret from you
Lyon smiled, he was also glad that he came especially since he didn’t almost find out that Chelsey was hurt.All those days while he’s been training, all he had on his mind was her but he didn’t want to mention it.When Elen had called about the Shadow’s attack, the first person he was worried about was Chelsey but again he didn’t want to talk about it because he didn’t want them to misunderstand.Hell, he had feelings for her but wasn't ready to admit it but after what had just happened, the last thing Lyon wanted was to care about what anyone thinks.“I’m glad I’m here too.” He responded after a while of silence and she snuggled more into him. He had tried to avoid her but like a moth to a flame, they kept getting drawn to each other.“How are you?” Chelsey asked in a low tone, her voice was hoarse and she was still recovering from the attack that had almost taken her vocal cords too.“I’m fine,” Lyon responded, “I haven’t gotten as strong as I want to be so for now I have to keep t