I led Dusk to Gordon's mansion, knowing that they would come here sometime, and so we waited. I felt the evil pumping through my blood, making me relish doing things I never would never have even thought of doing before. I glanced at Dusk out of the corner of my eye and he gestured to me to come. Without having to think about it, I used my shadows to propel myself to the roof where Dusk was keeping watch. I set myself down next to him and he pointed to a bright light down the road.

"That's them." He said and I squinted.

"How are you so sure? I can't see anything."

"My eyesight is better than yours." He didn't put the obviously on the end but his tone pretty much did.

"True." I replied calmly, not going to be incensed into a pointless argument. We both ducked down as a motorbike pulled into the driveway. Two figures got off, moving slowly, like they were upset. I sneered. I couldn't see the faces through the darkness but I knew it was Valkyrie and Tanith and that that they were upset by my loss. I didn't care. They made their choice to betray me and I wasn't going to give them sympathy. Sympathy was a weakness, and I no longer had any weaknesses. I waited for them to pull up inside the garage and close it before making eye contact with Dusk and jerking my head to the side. We climbed off the roof and through an upstairs window. I knew from past knowledge that this was Valkyrie's room. This time though, I was looking at it through new eyes. This was the room of a traitor. This was the room of my enemy. I sat on the enemy's bed and waited. There were heavy footsteps outside the door and the two girls enter silently with their backs to us, dropping their coats on the floor. Valkyrie turned around and shouted in surprise, instantly going into a fighting position. Dusk just stands confidently. I realized that Valkyrie was getting ready to fight Dusk and that she hadn't seen me yet. I step out from behind the vampire and into Valkyrie's line of vision.

"Dawn?" Valkyrie whispered.

"Hello Valkyrie. Tanith." I said to both of them as Tanith too got into the ready position.

"Dawn, please don't do this." Tanith begged, her eyes beseeching. I had once seen those eyes and kind and loving, now I only saw them as a betrayer's eyes. Lights to be extinguished. The darkness inside me started to boil again in my veins, but I enjoyed the pain. The pain was power.

"Dawn please, we are your friends. This isn't you." Valkyrie insisted. I glared at her coldly. I wish they would stop saying my name.

"I do want friends. Friends are weaknesses, and you don't know me. Not anymore. Just like I don't know you."

Valkyrie looked at me sadly and Tanith had tears gathering in the corners of her eyes. She looked at Dusk then back at me.
"So you have chosen your side then? You are not going to stop until we are dead?" Tanith asked, full on crying now.

"Yes."

Tanith lip quivered but she stepped in front of Valkyrie, defending the traitor. I spread my feet apart and was preparing to fight them when Valkyrie suddenly cried out.

"Tanith, wait!" She shouted. Tanith clenched her jaw, wishing she could comply, but was not willing to let me hurt Valkyrie.

"I can't Val. She'll kill you." She said through gritted teeth.

"That's because she's not herself!" She exclaimed.

"What?" She asked, confused, turning to Valkyrie now. Valkyrie closed her eyes and spoke like that.

"I can feel it Tanith. I can feel the darkness Tanith. It's inside her, not in her Necromancy bracelet. The darkness is controlling her Tanith, like when Darquesse controls me!" I didn't know what they were talking about but I was getting impatient

"What?" Tanith said again. God, she was repetitive.

"It's controlling her!" Valkyrie screamed and before I could react, she lashed out with her shadows, sending daggers of darkness through Dusk. She held him in the air like this until he stopped convulsing and was still.

"Your ally is dead Dawn. You can't beat us both now, no matter how much extra power the darkness gives you. Run now." I looked at her furious. She was right I knew. Together they could kill me easily, and even though I wasn't afraid of dying, I knew that if I did I would never have my revenge against Valkyrie Cain.

My glare intensified and I jumped out of the window, making a giant pillow from the shadows and landing on them to break my fall.

I was once again perched on Gordon Edgley's roof the day after our confrontation, waiting for Valkyrie to return. She would never expect me to return so soon after my defeat and Tanith was out with Ghastly, who was trying to cheer her up. They were both fools to talk about their plans where I could listen. I smirked and entered the window again, still smiling. That was, until a heavy object hit me in the back of the head. Pain exploded in my head and my vision turned white for a moment before I fell to the ground, unconscious.