!!!! **** WARNING! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING! SUCH AS FIGHTING, VIOLENCE, BLOOD/GORE, AND DEATH! READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! **** !!!!
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One second I was fighting Dark Mother, and the next she was gone. I tried to talk reason with her at first, but it was a lost cause. I'd already known that too. Severyn was supposed to be checking on Roya and the Dream Walkers, warning them that we weren't sure what lies ahead, and getting the council to come help us. All I needed to do was distract Dark Mother long enough for them to get here, and Roya to prepare whatever way she wanted.
But then all hell broke loose. The Nexius was unleashed. Dark Mother tried to run away. We ended up fighting. It was the only way I
