Chapter 36, Had left Shadowflight
Shadowflight swallowed hard. She had no idea what was going to happen.
Raven looked up at her, his eyes wide with fear.
"SHADOWFLIGHT!" He yowled, the word long and drawn out, like a low, sad howl. "SSHHAADDOOWWFFLIGGHHTT!!"
Shadowflight looked deep into his eyes, unable to do anything, but a terrible sadness and fear was creeping over her.
"Unbind him," Demon said. Geraldine looked down at Raven and the ropes binding him snapped and jumped away.
Raven still lay on his side, looking around at everyone in the cave. His whole body moved as he took giant, scared breaths.
"Do it," Demon said. He sat down and looked around calmly.
"Sit up!" Geraldine spoke for the first time, barking a command at Raven. He swallowed and sat up, looking up into Geraldine's amber eyes.
And then Geraldine started to lean foreword slowly, very slowly, her eyes boring into Raven's. And he started to move backward, away from her approaching head and shoulders.
Neither of them blinked. Geraldine's eyes got wider and wider, sparkling now, passionate anger alive in them. And Raven kept going back, back, away from her, submitting from her…
But that was not what Geraldine was wanting. She continued leaning foreword, and their eyes continued boring into each other.
Then light appeared. Blue light poured up in a straight line from Raven's eyes, and poured down in a straight, amber line from Geraldine's. They joined in the middle, and where they met golden light appeared, and flickered up like a flame. The flame grew bigger, stronger, raging and roaring in the middle of the two beams.
Then the fire became a shape. It turned into a blue eagle, and an amber coyote. The two animals embraced, then broke apart, turning away from each other. The coyote gave an anguished cry and padded toward the eagle, who turned briefly and glared at the coyote.
The two animals danced together, flickering and growing brighter. They broke apart ad embraced, each time doing it differently.
Then the coyote gave a long, low howl. The eagle was staring at it before it flickered and disappeared.
The coyote vanished into the flame. But now the flame was burning closer and closer to Raven's eyes, covering the blue light with amber light.
And still Geraldine was coming closer, bending over with her head still faced at Raven.
And still Raven went back, back, as his blue beam of light grew shorter and shorter.
Geraldine's amber beam was almost at his eyes now. Her eyes sparkled and were wide, their brightness pouring into the cave. Raven's own blue eyes were dulling, but they were still wide, still wide.
Then the amber light touched Raven's eyes. Geraldine glanced away and the beams disappeared. Raven fell onto his back and lay on his side, his slightly open eyes glaring fixedly at nothing.
Shadowflight could not run fast enough. She moved as if in slow motion, her whole body moving in a rhythmical pattern as she ran. Her howl rung from her mouth, long and low.
"RRAAVVEENN!!"
Everything sped up as she slammed into Raven's side. Her breath was ragged with fear as she scrabbled for the pulse…
It was gone. There was a deep emptiness inside Raven, in his eyes…his heart.
A scream of grief filled the air and Shadowflight flung her face into Raven's chest and sobbed.
The scream never ended, stretching into time and space, sounding of all the anger and fear and grief there was, or yet to be.
It sang of all those who had left the Clans…had left the worlds…had left Shadowflight.
I'm so sad! But I tell you, it is important that he dies. Gosh, it was what this whole book is based on! It all leads up to this moment. Please review!