Elene was so absorbed in the moment that she failed to see the witch extending her hands towards them, sending forth spikes of dark magic, razor-sharp and lethal.
Salome let out a scream, realising too late that she could do nothing for the couple.
Elene gasped at the final instant, Ximena’s dark magic mere inches away from them, when an impenetrable black barrier materialised, foiling Ximena’s attack before it could strike its target.
Slowly, the Princess shifted her gaze to her mate, Forrest’s eyes as dark as obsidian with not a spec of his usual green visible.
The barrier of eitr vanished once its purpose was fulfilled, and Elene’s lips parted as she saw it morph into black spikes. These long, pointed projections impaling Ximena, causing her dark blood to splatter across the floor.
