269 High stakes

Eclipse quickly turned around to gaze at Daren after finishing off his prey and the man almost had a heart attack upon seeing the eyes of his own pet lion.

"E- Eclipse...?" he whispered as the beast came closer to him with blood dripping from its fangs and claws.

Daren was so shocked that he ended up dropping his wand on the ground, and the moment he did so, the dark smoke that was surrounding Eclipse began to vanish and the lion suddenly started to calm down.

Leona noticed the tension between the two but her attention was quickly grabbed by a couple of voices coming from the portal that Daren created.

"Quick! I think he went this way!!" yelled a voice the seemed to belong to a young girl.

"Young miss! Wait!! You don't know what is on the other side of this portal!!" shouted another female voice, but seemingly much older.