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“I don’t think so,” Mikah growled. “You’re the real monster in this world. I’m not going to tolerate this any longer.” He swung his fist down at Erebus, who rolled out of the way a split second before impact. Mikah’s fist struck the ground, releasing a powerful surge of energy, making the sand and dirt fly in the air.

Alexa watched as Mikah and Erebus began to battle again. She shook her head sadly and looked up at Ken. “What do we do about him? Can we seal him?”

“I don’t think we have a choice but to eliminate him. If he comes back through the glass, at least that body will have limitations. He is a tier-one deity right now—” Ken’s eyes widened in shock. “Mikah! Look out!”

A dark black, electrically-charged cloud engulfed Mikah, momentarily stunning him. Erebus took this moment to flee. He flashed away but ran into something solid, making him stop. He wasn’t able to teleport …

He lifted his gaze to see what had stopped him. He felt his chest squeeze as he trembled in fear. Ken had flashed in front of him, blocking him from teleporting away. His green eyes bore into him. Erebus licked his lips nervously as Ken reached out and grabbed his wrist.

“No more tricks. No more running away. No more. No matter what, you can’t be allowed to live any longer. If you come back through the nembrant glass, then we will just have the pleasure of killing you again. You’ve brought this upon yourself.” Ken looked at Erebus but didn’t feel any pity for the man. All he could see was Alexa’s bloodied body … and Lucie’s. The pain Alexa went through when she lost her great grandparents. He remembered how Erebus had put the nembrant glass in Alexa’s eye and she couldn’t even look at him. He remembered it all.

They heard a loud explosion behind them, and a bright orange glow surrounded Mikah’s body. He slowly walked toward Ken and Erebus. The sand stirred beneath him as the orange glow pulsated from him. He looked up at Ken and nodded his head.

“Goodbye … Erebus,” Ken said quietly as he watched the white in Erebus’ eyes widen. The deity was nothing like he used to be. Honestly, he was more a shell of himself. “I’m not sorry about what must be done. I’m sorry if I unknowingly hurt you …”

Erebus’ looked away from Ken bitterly. He didn’t want to hear his apologies. They would rue this day. He would make them all pay. This wouldn’t be his end.

Mikah stepped forward with a cold expression on his face. His eyes were dark as his anger bubbled to the surface. This deity was a threat to his princess, and it was time to get rid of him. He reached out, and Erebus flailed, trying to get away. Ken grabbed onto his other arm, gripping him tightly. Mikah’s fingers tightened around Erebus’ throat, and his orange energy concentrated in his hands.

Erebus’ neck started to burn, and his eyes began to bulge out. He struggled against the hold Ken and Mikah had on him. “N-no … you’ll be sorry for this. This isn’t over. I will target you … your family. It won’t matter to me. I will become your never-ending plague.”

Mikah growled as he squeezed harder on his neck. “May the darkness you have chosen swallow you up.” The bright glow pulsated, and with it, Erebus’ screams. The energy burned a hole straight through the middle of Erebus’ throat, halting his screeches. His body went still and fell to the ground as Mikah and Ken released their grips.

The sky above rumbled quietly as the wind blew softly. The storm was moving on. “Should we seal him?”

“There is no need. Erebus is no longer connected to this body,” Ken said, turning away.

Mikah stepped backward and turned around as well. He walked beside Ken as they made their way back to Alexa.

“Such a shame,” Mikah said, shaking his head.

“What’s that?” Ken looked at Mikah, who sighed.

“Nothing really. It’s just such a shame, you know? He loved you to death …”

“Really, Mikah?” Alexa watched as a sheepish grin reached his lips.

“What? Too soon?” Mikah suddenly felt an icy whip lash across his back. “Ouch! What was that for?”

“That was for disconnecting your guardian link.” Alexa reached out like she was going to punch him. Instead, she wrapped her arms around him.

Mikah pulled her close to his chest and lowered his head onto hers. “I missed you too, Lex,” he whispered, a small smile on his face.

The dark room lit up with a red, ominous glow as a cruel smile spread over the Demon King’s face. He reached out and grabbed a piece of red glass, twirling it in his fingers.

“Welcome home.” Marcus chuckled and set the glass back down on the table. “The puzzle pieces are all coming together. It may take some time, but when this war is over … we will be victorious.”

CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE

Back in Elysia, Reiya sat on a couch with Levi. In her arms, she held a sleeping infant … Beryl. Meryl had handed them the baby with no strings attached. Just that they raise her in Elysia. In exchange, they brought back barrels and barrels of nullifying scales. And there was still more being made by Olga.

Grandpa Sage was able to extract the glass from Lila’s eye, and they were now distributing the scales en masse. Lita was able to create special crystals that could detect the nembrant glass within a certain radius. It was enough to cover all of Elysia, and she was making more to help protect the other kingdoms, not to mention the packs. But this came at a price for Lita. She had to infuse her own power into these crystals, giving away a small piece of herself with every crystal she created. Though this was a small price to pay to help protect everyone. Even if she ended up using all of her fairy magic, she would always have Mira. She was always more comfortable using her strength as a werewolf. It was more her style.

With Lita’s fairy magic being slowly drained from her, they had to make a tough decision. They decided that Reiya would now need to take over as the reigning Fairy Queen of Elysia. Levi and Reiya would be moving to Elysia at the conclusion of the dragon party. Since Reiya and Levi would be living in Elysia, they decided they would adopt Beryl. They would raise her as their own and teach her their ways. Hopefully this time, under their guidance, things would be different.

There was another big change happening in Elysia. The dark fairies were slowly moving in. As they came, the area expanded and adapted to the new arrivals. Just like fairy magic, Elysia was also alive. The place was a beautiful, flowing entity. Like a living, breathing being that was slowly changing and adapting in order to fulfill the prophecy the dark fairies spoke of.

Alexa was both a dark and light fairy. It was told that a fairy princess of both light and dark would be the bridge for fairy kind. The yin and yang of the fairies. But was that her? The greatest protectors the world had ever known would come from both light and dark. In their time of greatest despair, the one of light and dark would provide them all a safe haven.