"You have such interesting futures ahead of you."
As quickly as they had appeared, both sisters vanished back into the shadows, leaving behind only the dissipating remnants of the red mist and two unconscious heroes who had just become pawns in a game far more dangerous than the Dark Radin spirits they had come to hunt.
From his position on the opposite ridge, Taeryn could only watch in horror as his friends disappeared, carried away by forces he couldn't fight and enemies he was only beginning to understand.
They didn't see the sisters who took them, as the red mist covered the place where Baren and Rena had been.
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Darian's voice echoed across the rocky terrain as he called out desperately for the missing heroes.
"Raelana!" "Taeryn!" "Baren!"
But only the malevolent whispers of the Dark Radin spirits answered him, their forms sliding through shadows that seemed deeper than they should be in the fading afternoon light.
As he moved towards them, he found Taeryn and Raelana.
