Page 87 of Hell Fae King
Chasing the darkness. The ice. That… that frigid familiarity.
I’d been exposed to this magic more than once. However, my understanding of it went deeper than experience. It… it was almostingrainedin my psyche.
Because it’s Virtuous Fae magic, I realized.And I’m… a Virtuous Fae. A siphon.
I was literally created toabsorb.
So that’s what I’ll do…I latched onto the darkest strand, the one that didn’t belong, and started pulling. Unraveling.Siphoning.
It was slow at first, my tugs tentative.
But each second seemed to lessen the Centaur’s agony, his eyes becoming clearer and clearer until… until he blinked.
“Thank you,” he breathed. “Thank you.”
I took a step back, my body suddenly alive with the foreign magic. It hummed all over me, through me,inside me. Like it was searching for a valve, a place to go.
The Centaur took off while I focused on a few other Nightmare Fae, curious about whether I could unravel them from the poisonous spell without touching them.
It only took a few seconds of focus to find the source—that inky black strand—and tug it free.
More electricity vibrated around me. I shivered from the intensity but kept seeking out the spell, siphoning it from each Nightmare Fae I found with my gaze.
It was invigorating.Empowering. Yet I wasn’t sure where to send the power. It… it just kept bundling inside me like an electrically charged ball.
Morphing.
Churning.
Curling.
Threatening.
I shifted my focus to the Siren next, the one Ajax had trapped with magic, and released it from Vivaxia’s spell while carefully ensuring the barrier remained around it.
A shudder rippled through me as that final tendril curled around me, the power burning too hot inside.
It wanted to dig deeper.
Go inward.
To that place… the one that connects me toher.
No. I… I couldn’t let it go there.
But I couldn’t hold all this in either.
It was going to burn me alive. Suffocate me.Kill me.
I… I had to push it somewhere.
Somewhere safe.
My gaze flew to Typhos, to where he wrangled his beasts with wisps of burning power.
Orsomeonesafe,I thought slowly.His Source…
I didn’t think further; I simply acted, my heart opening as I connected to Typhos with ease.
