82 Alone

Krala felt power rush into her horns and out, into the shining man.

This was not fully her own power, it came from somewhere else, somewhere very, very strong, but it was still her that channeled it, and she output as much as she could without holding back. 

When she opened her eyes, she could see the shining man again, except…except he was dimmer.

His light was gone, and his golden wings were turning black.

The man stumbled backwards and fell to the ground as his left leg began to disintegrate into nothingness, a flickering edge of shadow traveling up from his leg and devouring his body as it moved, threatening to erase his body utterly out of existence.

"I…I am fading away? Disappearing?" The warden watched as his leg crumbled away, and then the darkness began to gnaw at this waist. "N-no! No, no, no, no, no! My jailers…my jailers…they will save me, they will heal me!

While the sun is still shining, yes, yes, they will yet save me!"