Ian stood still under the broken tower. The wind blew past, but he didn't move. He looked down at the city lights below. Small. Quiet. Far away.
Neither of them spoke.
Damon just stared, not sure what to say. Ian had dropped a heavy truth. And now silence filled the space between them.
Ian looked up at the sky. His red eyes glowed faintly.
Suddenly, space shook.
It wasn't loud. It was more like something far away had just moved. but the air itself felt strange. Something had arrived.
Ian frowned. 'He's here? Hmmm... No, this is a different presence.'
Damon blinked. "Who?"
Ian didn't answer right away.
His mind went back. Flashes of battle, pain, fear, the sky cracking apart, and his body nearly destroyed. That thing... Just a piece of the Dark God had almost killed him.
And now? It was happening again.
"The Dark God sent something," Ian said.
Damon tensed. "What do you mean? What Dark God?"
