Chapter 10: The Price of Victory

The cavern was filled with an oppressive silence.

The only thing Adrain could hear was the sound of dripping water and the soft, mournful sobs coming from Lucas as they watched the Tower claim her lifeless body. Adrian watched Elara disappear into a strange mist just as rage transformed into a deep sense of grief, and tears welled up in his eyes as he knelt beside where her body just disappeared from.

“She was my sister…” Lucas mumbled from where he and Malik stood nearby. His words hung in the air, heavy with shock and sorrow. Their expressions are a mixture of the two. He took slow gradual steps towards her body. His eyes looked lost, as if he couldn’t see but knew exactly where to go.

“She can’t be gone. What just happened?” Lucas's frantic words tore through the heavy silence like a cry of desperation, now looking for Adrian and Malik’s faces for answers to something he very well understood.

“Where’s her body? I can’t feel her energy…” He was still in shock, reaching the spot wh