Chapter 13
I continued up the stairs, ignoring my pounding heart while I created balls of Light. This caused some of the dark power I’d summoned to dissipate. I stumbled forward on the last step, my bare leg dangling over the stairs. The Vyken’s clawed hand grabbed onto it, and when I jerked my leg free, his nails tore through my skin.
I yelped and continued forward, scampering into the lone room at the top of the tower on all fours. I pressed my back against the stone walls, my hand shaking beneath several glowing Lights hovering just above my palm.
As soon as the Vyken appeared in the doorway, I tossed a ball hard. He dodged it by jumping up along the side of the wall, his nails and bare toes somehow finding a hold in the thin cracks of the wall. I threw another one, but he was alread
