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The Sunborne all summon their magic, but no one attacks her. Not yet.
“Eldrion, do something!” I call to him, but he does nothing. He just watches as Alana’s eyes flash bright and violet, and her wings glow.
With a roar, she summons the smoke to her. It rips through the room.
The Sunborne cry and fall to their knees as the smoke envelops them. Their magic continues to glow. Golden, flickering through the smoke. But then it disappears.
The smoke flies back to Alana.
She opens her mouth and screams, and as it enters her she starts to glow. Bright white light surrounds her, illuminating her skin. When she stops screaming, and the smoke dissipates, she is panting, her chest shaking as she breathes. And the Sunborne are on the ground.
Their wings . . .
I look at my own.
They are like me, now.
No longer radiating strength and beauty, but pale and grey. Husks of what they were a few moments ago.
“She took their magic.” Kayan is at my shoulder. “She took it from them.” He staggers backwards, his own wings fluttering behind him.
Tears are streaming down my face. Suranna is digging her nails into the flagstone floor. She looks up with terrified eyes. Alana looks down at her, and smirks. Her eyes flash golden, then purple, and her wings unfurl, brighter than before. More beautiful.
She lowers herself to the ground and sighs heavily. Then she turns to Eldrion. “Now,” she says, “we have all the power we need, and we do not have to rely on anyone but ourselves to win this fight.”
He stares at her. I expect to see anger in his eyes, but there is none. A smile parts his lips.
He is proud of her.
Eldrion grabs her waist and kisses her. “What now?” he asks, taking her hand.
“You told me I am not the one in charge,” she says, a coy smile on her lips. As if they are alone and no one can hear them.
“It seems I was wrong,” he says, stepping back and dipping into a bow. “So, Alana of Luminael. What now?”
Her eyes flicker and she inhales deeply. Pleasure flickers on her skin. “Now,” she says. “We rid the city of the remaining Shadowkind. They are who Finn will turn next. We cannot allow him to add to his army.”
I look at the guard standing next to me. Pria. She swallows forcefully and bites her lower lip. “You should run,” I whisper to her.
She does not turn to face me, but says, “You should, too.”
“Oh, I intend to.”
TWENTY-SEVEN
Kayan
“Alana! This is insanity.” I appear in front of her as she storms down the corridor beyond the grand hall. Behind her, she has left the Sunborne fallen and broken.
“I am stopping it,” she says, “Now, with my power, I can defeat him, Kayan. I can end this and stop Finn from?—”
“End it and be left with what?” I want to shake her, but I can’t take hold of her. My voice softens. “Alana, please.” I move closer to her. “Look at me.” I smile, doing what I can to drag any warm, comforting memories of our time together to the front of her mind.
“I am looking,” she says. “And I see a dear friend. The only person who ever truly stood by me.”
“That’s not true. You have friends, Alana. Rosalie. Briony. We love you.”
A look of sadness flickers across her face, but she visibly shakes it away.
